This. as I say. is what I believe to be an oversight. Perhaps in the haste in which the bill was drafted it has been left out. but it needs to be fixed. obviously. The bill also retains a loophole under current law that would allow an alien who has been repeatedly convicted of driving while intoxicated to remain in the United States and get legal status. such as a Z status or a green card. The bill also retains the loophole in current law that allows an alien who belongs to a terrorist organization. or perhaps even committed terrorist acts and has not yet been removed from the United States. to get legal status. Now. lest my colleagues think I am exaggerating. let me provide a realworld example of this loophole. Last year. Mohammed El Shorbagi pleaded guilty to providing material support to Hamas. His act of providing material support to Hamas would not have barred him from establishing good moral character under current law because it is not one of those grounds specifically included in the list of acts that prevent an alien from establishing "good moral character" under our immigration laws. Now. I would hope these what I would call technical fixes are the kinds of commonsense solutions my colleagues would support.
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