Chairman. I think if my colleagues would studiously and deliberatively think about what this amendment stands for. they would understand that this is simply an advisory amendment that allows the Secretary to consult with very reasonable organizations who understand the importance of providing secure alternatives for detainees who happen to be infirm or children or the elderly. The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies. the Episcopal Migration Ministries. the Ethiopian Community Development Center. the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project. the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center. the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. the Immigrant Childrens Advocacy Program. the Kurdish Human Rights Watch. Midwest Immigrant and Human Rights Center. Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance. National Immigration Forum. Political Asylum Project of Austin. U.S. Committee on Refugees and Immigrants. and a number of other individuals recognize that this is a reasonable approach. It is a riskbased approach that would allow the Secretary to consult to protect these detainees. I ask my colleagues to support this amendment.
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