Kendra S. Horn: “Mr. Chairman, today, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 668, the Criminal Alien Deportation Act. Bipartisan cosponsors…”

“Mr. Chairman, today, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 668, the Criminal Alien Deportation Act. Bipartisan cosponsors include Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Condit, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Skelton, Mrs. Thurman, and Ms. Woolsey. The amendment urges the President to renegotiate the existing bilateral Prisoner Transfer treaties with Mexico and other countries which have large numbers of criminal aliens in United States prisons. Specifically, the President needs to ensure that a transferred prisoner serves out the balance of the sentence imposed by Federal and State courts, and to eliminate any requirement of prisoner consent to such a transfer. Current treaty language stipulates that incarcerated aliens must consent to their transfer. This is an outrageous option to provide those who have not only crossed our borders illegally but who have also committed crimes while they have been here. Many States, including California, will no longer release incarcerated aliens for deportation, prior to the completion of their sentence, because there are no guarantees that they will serve out the remainder of the sentence upon transfer.”