Chairman. let. me Just put this In peruipectivo here. I am in favor of this amendment. The reason I am In favor of it Is that the whole notion of a visa refusal rate. if you understand that. mean.s a~lmobt nothing. because if 100 people show up it an INS office ant/or in a consular offie. and two out of that 100 are refused a visa. then you have a 2 percent refusal rate. If three out of 100 are denied a visa. then you have a 3 percent refusal rate. If the consular officer in that office i sitting there. and they have a criterion that says. I do not like people who look poor. or I do not like people who look black. or I do not like people who look a particular way. then the refusal rate may he 98 percent. It could he 100 percent. ih poan I am making is that that is an irrational basis. .t subjective basis. for setting up our whole Visa Waiver Program in the first place. So whether it is 2 percent or 3 percent. I cannot got all bent out of shape about It.
Identified stereotypes
Consular officers dislike people who look poor or black.