VA. This system is being seriously abused. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and his gang. who tried to blow up the World Trade Center. had political asylum cases pending. Mir Amal Kansi. the Pakistani who 2 years ago murdered two people outside the CIA headquarters building in northern Virginia. came to the United States on a visa and then applied for asylum. Last year. the Clinton administration and the INS began the process of reforming our asylum laws and closing this loophole. The December 5 regulations will help the INS fully process applications within 180 days. The INS will focus on the new asylum claims and prevent aliens from melting into our society. In addition. asylum applicants will not be given work permits until after 180 days. The regulations will significantly improve our asylum process. But now. we are willing to throw out those regulations simply because they were implemented after the November elections. We are reopening a huge loophole in our Immigration policies and telling potential immigrants to come on in. This is simply inexcusable. We must not overturn legitimate and necessary government policies simply to score political gains.
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Generalizing that asylum applicants are trying to 'melt into our society' and abuse the system.