Senator SPECTER. It was aimed at strengthening our Government advocacy on behalf of individuals around the world who were being persecuted for their faith. Congress in the year that we established the Commission on International Religious Freedom also expressed its concern that recently enacted expedited removal procedures might be causing our own Government to mistreat victims of oppression. religious oppression. who came to the United States seeking asylum. To find out if this was happening. Congress directed the newly established Commission to study the treatment of asylum seekers. The Commission conducted a comprehensive investigation and released a report in February of 2005 that was quite critical of the procedures of the Department of Homeland Security. The reports recommendations were reasonable and straightforward.
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