Mr. Speaker. for anyone who watched last Sunday nights broadcast of "60 Minutes." there can be no doubt that U.S. immigration and political asylum law is in desperate need of repair. This is a problem this Member has been attempting to actively address for nearly a year. There are serious loopholes that tens of thousands of illegal aliens continue to exploit. As incredible as it seems. any foreign national who reaches U.S. soil and asks for political asylumregardless of the fact that requests are often transparently fraudulentmust be given a full asylum review. Consequently. our international airports are being inundated with wouldbe asylum claimants. They come to the United States with forged documents. or even without documents. and then ask for political asylum. Lacking facilities to hold the tens of thousands of individuals who come in this manner. the Immigration and Naturalization Service is compelled to release these individuals on their own recognizance until the date for their hearing. Not surprisingly. few ever return for their hearing. They can be and have been terrorists. they can be drug smugglers. they can be criminals. but Lhey are released into American society.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that illegal aliens are terrorists, drug smugglers, and criminals.