Senator CORNYN bringing this forward is absolutely appropriate. Secondly. and briefly. Senator GRAssLEYs amendment with regard to the reviewability of the revocation of a visa is included in this package. Paint this picture for a second: All 19 of the hijackers on 9/11 got into the United States in a legal way. Most of them had overstayed their visas. But just think for a second. Had they been caught. had they been suspected of a terrorist act when they were about to commit it. and had their visa been revoked. they would have had the right to stay in this country and judicially appeal that revocation. which meant they could have stayed here even after being identified and quite possibly still carried out a terrorist attack. To let you know how important this amendment is. I have an interesting fact for everybody to take in and digest for just a second. In 1986. when we reformed immigration in this country. we granted amnesty and created a number of legal citizens and legal visas in the United States. We also created a mechanism for judicial review. There are still two cases from the 1986 Immigration Reform Act under judicial review 21 years later. Those individuals still remain in the United States of America. If we capture somebody for suspected terrorism and. under the disciplines we use. revoke that visa. it only stands to reason that they should not be reviewable and should be returned to the country from which they came. Otherwise. we would be knowingly and willingly harboring someone we suspect would cause harm to the United States of America and commit a terrorist act. Mr.
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