Hamas has conducted at least 8 suicide bombings against Israeli targets. killing at least 52 people. This is murder plain and simple. When U.S. immigration officials detained Marzook at JFK last week. they detained a man who held a place on the U.S. terrorism watchlist and according to the INS. is an "excludable alien based on his participation in terrorist activities." I applaud President Clintons recent actions against terrorism. especially his Executive orders against terrorist fundraising in the United States and the total embargo on trade with Iran for which I pushed. This latest action signals that the United States can no longer act as a haven for those who belong to terrorist organizations whose only wish is to kill and maim. My bill is simple. It states that an alien who is an officer. official. representative. or spokesman of Hamas. is considered to be engaged in terrorist activity and therefore eligible to be excludable under the immigration statutes. There can be no toleration of the actions of Hamas and groups like it. nor can we allow these groups to operate in the United States. While this bill is not the panacea. it will act to keep one group out.
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