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Excerpt from Terrorism, Asylum Issues, and U. S. Immigration Policy: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session The proposals the subcommittee is considering concerning axpe dited exclusion represent serious efforts to come to grips with these problems, consistent with our Nation's tradition of refugee proteo tion. The bills contain several principles which we endorse. Those include the addition of new grounds which make excludable those who present fraudulent documents or no documents upon their ar rival; the development of effective procedures for expedited removal of aliens excludable under those grounds just mentioned; the provi sion of a threshold determination of eligibility for asylum to permit those with plausible claims to remain in the United States to present those claims; the use of specially trained officers with ex pertise in asylum law and country conditions; the provision of an appropriate supervisory mechanism for quality control; and a prin ciple that judicial review be limited, provided there are adequate procedural safeguards in the administrative process. Determining a standard for threshold determinations is one of the most important aspects of designing such a system, and we look forward to working with the Subcommittee on this issue. The credible fear interview provided in S. 667 is similar to the inter views presently conducted in asylum prescreening offices. Under this program, approximately detained aliens have been inter viewed. Thirty-two percent of those have been found to have a cred ible fear of persecution and have been recommended for parole. Sixty-eight percent have been found not to have a credible fear and have not been recommended for parole. The proposed increase in penalties under S. 667 for alien smug gling from 5 to 10 years would greatly enhance the deterrent effect of alien smuggling prosecutions. The United States is facing a major problem with respect to alien smuggling by organized crime syndicates, and current sentencing are too lenient. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.