Joseph Doherty adds another 45 days to the more than 1.300 he had already served in prison. I find it unconscionable that a matter of this importance. languishes on the Attorney Generals desk. I intend to send an urgent telegram to the Attorney General urging him to render a decision and support the deportation request. If the Attorney General were to overrule the Board of Immigration Appeals and deny the deportation order. it would be the first time an Attorney General ever did so in this type of case. It will pave the way for the British Government to get their long desired wish. to have Doherty extradited back to the North of Ireland. We in this Nation and in the administration. rail against those nations who do not permit their citizens their full civil and legal rights under the law. Yet right within our borders. we have an individual in prison for more than 4 years on a minor immigration offense. We have a man who has spent much of his time
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