Our amendment would. in our view. greatly improve this section of the bill dealing with asylum. Frankly. this section does need improvement. It really creates a summary exclusion. a summary exclusion that would keep out of America some of the worthiest of all asylum seekers. Further. it sets a legal standard that is both unprecedented and excessive for people who are the most in need. for people who are truly fleeing persecution. and it puts what for some people is a lifeordeath decision in the hands of the INS bureaucrats. As has been pointed out by my colleagues from Illinois and Massachusetts. there really is not the problem today that we may have seen 2. 3. 4 years ago.
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