Mr. Speaker. the recent arrest of nine Palestinians and one Kenyan by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Los Angeles received a great deal of attention. both here and abroad. The Palestinians only crime is that they are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. While the PFLP is responsible for terrorist acts overseas. a 9monthlong FBI investigation turned up not one shred of evidence that these particular individuals were engaged in any criminal activitity. INS is seeking the deportation of eight of the individuals on the ground that PFLP advocates world communism. The right to advocate unpopular views is fundamental to our system. As the attached March 1 editorial from my hometown paper. the San Jose Mercury News. points out. that right should extend to all lawabiding persons within our borders. [From the San Jose Mercury News.
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