The alternative amendment provides that there would be an analysis. It would exclude people convicted of a felony domestic violation. but there would be a consideration about whether. on a protective order. the alien was acting in selfdefense. along with other considerations. in fact. Most fundamentally. the Cornyn amendment would strip the authority of the Departments. the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. to waive certain grounds which would warrant deportation or inadmissibility. That discretion. which is lodged in the alternative. enables a fuller review of the facts. It gives a chance to really look beyond some of the technical categorizations which might appear ominous on their face. but which. after there is a detailed review of what has happened on the underlying factors. might reveal there ought not to be inadmissibility or deportation. That discretion ought to remain with responsible officials in the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. It is for those reasons. but fundamentally because the pending legislation was crafted with a great many compromises. that I favor the substitute and oppose the Cornyn amendment.
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