Doherty from committing terrorism in northeast Ireland is a good end. But keeping him in jail in the United States for crimes committed elsewhere. after the United States legal system has declared that he should not be detained here. would appear to be evil and a good end cannot justify the evil means. On May 22. 1987. the case of Joseph Doherty was forwarded to the Attorney General for a final review of the Board of Immigration Appeals decision. Even though it was the Justice Department which first requested the appeal before the BIA. a case which the Department lost. the Attorney General has the power to determine the decision once and for all. It should be noted that no Attorney General has ever overruled the Board of Immigration Appeals in a case such as this. Today. I and 17 of my colleagues sent a telegram to the Attorney General urging him to uphold the decision of both the immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals which would require the deportation of Mr. Doherty to the Republic of Ireland. According to the republics constitution. although he was born in the North of Ireland.
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