The point is. we want to be sure this legislation denies the benefits of legal status. including potential citizenship. to anyone who has committed a serious crime of this type. Therefore. the statute provides that if you have been convicted of a felony or three misdemeanors or have been convicted of a serious crime or there are reasonable grounds to believe the alien has committed a serious crime outside of the United States prior to arrival. and there are reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a danger to the security of the United States. then in those events the individual would not be able to participate in the benefits of the law. In addition to that. there are several categories of individuals who for various reasons have been ordered removed from the United States and have adjudicated their case and a final order of removal has been issued. either by an immigration judge or another judge or immigration official. Here. too. given the fact that we want the benefits of this legislation to apply to people who are willing to comply with the law. even where there has been a court adjudication of this statute. if they do not like the results and decide they are not going to leave even though the judge ordered them to leave. then we should not allow the benefits of this legislation to apply to them. One of the things which is inherent in most of the billsI think in all of the bills. including the bill that is on the flooris the concept that you are not permitted to be in the United States unless certain things happen.
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