Alan Simpson: “Let me be so very clear here. We are, as the Senator from Vermont said, not talking about an antiterrorism bill. There…”

“Let me be so very clear here. We are, as the Senator from Vermont said, not talking about an antiterrorism bill. There was an amendment on the antiterrorism bill which passed the Senate by a vote of 61 to 38 which is, in many cases, quite similar to this measure. It had to do with exclusion and summary proceedings. We are not speaking of that. What we are talking about is the bill itself, and Senator Leahy is intending to strike--we are not talking about female genital mutilation, we are not talking about terrorism; we are talking about the immigration laws of the United States. The bill as it stands before you has section 131, which is a new ground for exclusion of aliens, for aliens using documents fraudulently. That would be stricken by the Senator's amendment. There is a section 132 which is a limitation on withholding of deportation relief for aliens excludable for using documents fraudulently. There is a provision for summary exclusion. That would substitute a similar procedure for only situations which would be described as an extraordinary migration situation and not for other circumstances of the bill.”