Madam Chair. I yield myself 2 minutes. This amendment is unnecessary and harmful. The memorandum issued by the Department of Homeland Security already makes people convicted of these crimes ineligible for deferred action and already makes them top priorities for deportation. So. at best. this amendment is duplicative. but it does something else. In the memorandum there is this proviso: In evaluating whether the offense is a significant misdemeanor involving domestic violence. careful consideration should be given to whether the convicted alien was also the victim of domestic violence. If so. this should be a mitigating factor. This amendment leaves that out.
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