Iran. Laos. and Jamaica. They get a permanent getoutofjailfree card in the United States because we cannot permanently detain these people in jail after they have been ordered deported and their country of origin refuses to take them. So what do we do about it? Well. I think that these countries. any nation that refuses to take back lawfully deported individuals. should not receive foreign aid from the United States. But many of these seven or eight that I have mentioned do not receive foreign aid. So why dont we make sure that these people take back their aliens? Well. we already have a law on the books that says under section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. upon notification by Homeland Security that a country is not accepting or unreasonably delays repatriation of their citizens. the Secretary of State must discontinue granting immigrant or nonimmigrant visas to those citizens of that country until Homeland Security informs the Secretary of State the alien has been repatriated. That sounds good. but the problem is Homeland Security doesnt enforce the rule of law. and the reason they dont enforce the rule of law. according to a letter we have received from Homeland Security. is that there are other sanctions that they must use because we have foreign policy issues specifically with the Chinese. So apparently Homeland Security is not even notifying our own Secretary of State to deport these individuals. Mr. Speaker. this ought not to be. If a person is supposed to be lawfully deported back to their native country. even China. Homeland Security has the obligation to follow the law and tell the Secretary of State so these people can be shipped back to where they belong. 53. Pt. 2 2517 It is simple. if you come to America illegally. you go home after you are lawfully deported. If your own nation doesnt want you. then you dont get foreign aid. or you dont get any visas for any purpose. These people that these countries will not take. 136.000. have become our problem because their nations dont even want their own citizens. Our government needs to be more concerned about the rule of law. the -cost to the American taxpayer than it is about hurting the feelings of the Chinese on some foreign policy issue. So. Mr. Speaker. we urge that Homeland Security follow the law and if you are ordered deported and these nations wont take them. then they shouldnt receive any visas to come to this country for any purpose. And thats just the way it is.
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