Recently we had an individual arrested by the name of Samir Abdoun from Algeria. He was caught entering California from Mexico with a French passport. He was released with that summons to appear in court for his deportation hearing. and of course he never showed up for that hearing. He. like many thousands of other people in the same situation. assimilated into the United States. Three years later. he was arrested on September 22. 2001. when it was learned that he had met for coffee several times with two of the hijackers that took part in the attacks on our country on September 11. Finally. Somar was deported last year. This catchandrelease policy. where we spend the time to catch those few people that come across illegally and release them on their word to come back to court. simply does not work. We obviously need detention facilities for these people. We obviously need quicker hearings. It should not take 6 months to have a deportation hearing. They should happen within that week. Then. Mr. Speaker. we have other policies that defy common sense in our immigration lack of policy. One of those is the sanctuary policy where many cities in the United States have taken the position that they will not arrest people in their city that are there illegally. They will not help the Federal Government arrest those individuals.
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