Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of Noel Gaynor. his family. and six other families on whom injustice has fallen across the ocean from Ireland to America. The Irish political deportees. as they are referred to. left Ireland to restart their lives In America. Today they are engaged In a different struggle with the U.S. Department of Justice which relentlessly seeks to deport them for their political beliefs. Each man Is married to an American citizen or permanent resident. These men are not wanted by anyone. They were prosecuted for political reasons In the British Diplock Courts. That means one British judge. no Jury. confessions which were extracted under torture and duress. and as such. they were sentenced and hold with a special political status. a direct acknowledgment. of their status as British political prisoners.
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