Once he felt that he was ready and had assembled supporting evidence of the dangerousness of antiSemitism in his homeland. he applied. Had the arbitrary 1year filing deadline of the bill been in place. his application would have been rejected as too late. Human rights organizations like the Lawyers Committee have documented a number of cases of people who were ultimately granted political asylum by immigration judges after the INS denied their release from detention for not meeting a "credible fear" standard and numerous instances where it took an appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. I note the efforts of the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. who has been supportive of our efforts to have credible fear judged by the accepted international standard. I have heard from many House Members. Republicans and Democrats. who feel very strongly about these provisions.
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