Speech #1100051635

The people were picked up. They were sent up to Fort Devons and flown out of there. and many of them were transported to El Paso. Then some of them were deported. I have in my hand a May 3 article from the Boston Globe. The headline is "U.S. Deports Wrong Raid Detainee In Case of Mistaken Identity." A man arrested in the March 6 raid of the Michael Bianco leather factory in New Bedford was deported by mistake. Federal officials said yesterday. Juan SamCastro. a native of Guatemala. was taken for a man of the same name. said the spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Service. As soon as the Customs Service became aware. we took immediate steps to bring Castro back to the United States. We are trying to locate him. Here is an American citizen who has been deported and they are trying to locate him. Is the Senator not saying that in the situation where last year we deported 187.000 individuals and even in the last few weeks where we have this kind of mistake. at least some opportunity for an expedited kind of a review that effectively is not slowing the process down with this individual. between the time he was arrested and the time he was deported. was very few weeks. let alone the time he had the hearing. does this illustrate at least part of the points the Senator is trying to make with regard to the immigration service and the need for at least permitting the kind of review that currently exists? I do not believe we have had testimony to the contrary that this is an undue burden on the system.