If no such summary Is possible. that information may not be used in the case. Without this amendment. H.R. 2202 will establish the modern equivalent of the "Star Chamber" court. in which the accused could be deported without the opportunity to know the charges or evidence and with no realistic opportunity to answer those charges. My second amendment would have modified the procedure for expedited exclusion of Individuals arriving at the border without appropriate documents. The bill presumptively considers such individuals to be presumptively engaged In Immigration fraud and allows their exclusion merely on the unreviewed judgment of an Immigration officer and his or her supervisor. That false presumption actually gets the case backward. It is precisely those who are fleeing persecution who are least likely to receive proper travel papers. whether they are fleeing coercive population policies In China or religious persecution in Iran. Their late should not be left to the unreviewed judgment of an immigration officer and his or her supervisor. My amendment would have ensured that fraud Is controlled without this Nation sending Individuals who are truly fleeing persecution into the hands of their persecutors. I believe that. while all Americans want us to do everything we can to ensure that our Immigration laws are respected and enforced. they do not want us to violate individual rights in ways that would send innocent people back into the hands of repressive governments. Many of our families arrived on these shores seeking a better life of freedom and justice. We violate that basic American birthright If we pass these draconian and unnecessary provisions. At the very least. this House deserves the opportunity to examine whether there is a better. more just way to achieve the important end of ensuring the strict enforcement of our immigration laws. I urge the rejection of this closed rule.
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