Hispanic National Bar Association. Service Employees International Union. National Immigration Forum. American Immigration Lawyers Association. Asian American Justice Center. Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Human Rights Watch. and National Immigration Law Center. Mr. President. I will close by saying this: most Members of the Senate would be surprised to learn that under this bill a young person who is guilty of aiding a shoplifter could be deported from the United States. In light of this. you can see why there ought to be a very limited option for the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General to grant a humanitarian waiver to an immigrant if it would cause extreme hardship to an immediate relative who is an American. We followed the same standard in the KylCornyn amendment. which was adopted earlier. and I hope my colleagues will support this amendment. Mr.
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