[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AGAINST DEPORTATION

  (Mr. WALSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of my colleague from 
New York, Mrs. Lowey, and other Members and as chairman of the Friends 
of Ireland to speak out strongly against the Justice Department's 
decision to appeal the decision of a court and to attempt to deport a 
citizen of the United States currently back to Northern Ireland. These 
men, and there are a number of them, served time in prison in Northern 
Ireland. Many of them are trumped-up charges and very questionable 
judicial processes.
  They came to the United States, married, raised their kids and have 
become excellent and productive citizens of the country. Now they may 
be forced to return and, if they do, they are marked men in Northern 
Ireland. It would be wrong to send them back where they and their 
families would be subjected, again, to possible injustice and physical 
harm.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in expressing their 
dissent from the Justice Department.

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