What is needed now is the force of law to protect these people. They need to be removed from the whim of procedural discretion and administration lethargy. This is a matter of human compassion. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues. we are not asking that these people be given permanent resident status in this country. We are not asking that they be allowed to live indefinitely in this country. We are simply asking that they be spared detention and deportation until the war in their land subsides. No one knows how long that will be. But the Moakley amendment provides a 3year grace period in this bill.
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