Hopefully. we will get a vote on it this week to fix it. I believe we will have a vote in favor of not allowing felons to be given amnesty. but I am not sure. given the mood of the Senate today. Loophole No. 2: Aliens previously barred from receiving immigration benefits for life because they filed frivolous asylum applications will be able to receive amnesty. This is an interesting reversal of existing law. If you come in and make some bogus claim that you are entitled to asylum. you can still get amnesty. We have had a lot of problems with people coming from a country. where maybe they were arrested for a legitimate crime and fled to the United States. saying they are being persecuted back home. and they want asylum. After looking into their claim. we find out it is bogus and they were actually an armed robber in their home country. We barred them from being able to get an application for any benefits under the immigration laws. It is a form of saying: We are not going to tolerate that. This bill reverses that. Under INA section 208(d)6. if the Attorney General of the United States determines an alien knowingly filed a frivolous asylum application. he is to be permanently ineligible for any benefits under the INA. This bill would change that. On page 345. it says: Notwithstanding any other provision of law. the secretary shall adjust an alien who meets the requirements for amnesty. No provision of the bill states that the alien is ineligible for amnesty if they previously committed immigration fraud by filing a frivolous asylum application. The bill gives benefits to aliens previously barred from all immigration benefits. We give amnesty to them. If we want to keep those who have committed immigration fraud in the past from getting amnesty. we have to change that. We need to change that by closing this loophole. Why did they put that in there?
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