Political Quotes

“H.R. 668 would amend the Immigration and Naturalization Act and other laws to make it easier to deport aliens who commit crimes in the United States and to provide law enforcement officials with additional tools to fight violations of immigration laws. The bill would broaden the definition of ``aggravated felony'' established by the 1994 crime bill so as to expand the reach of the summary deportation procedures that were put into effect last year. The 1994 act permits the INS to use an abbreviated administrative process with no right to an administrative hearing and with a limited right to judicial review to deport an alien--other than a lawful permanent resident--who commits an ``aggravated felony.'' The Attorney General is specifically denied the ability to withhold deportation of such individual on other grounds; for example, asylum. The list of offenses that would be considered to be ``aggravated'' felonies would be expanded to include certain crimes related to gambling, prostitution, document fraud, reentry of deported alien at improper time or place, commercial bribery, counterfeiting, forgery, trafficking in vehicles the identification numbers of which have been altered, perjury, bribery of a witness, and failure to appear to answer charges.”