[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2598-H2599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       ADMINISTRATION SHOULD KEEP PLEDGE OF NO MORE JOE DOHERTY'S

  (Mr. MANTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my concern about 
seven families who are being unjustly targeted by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service for deportation to the north of Ireland.

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  I was first informed about the plight of these families after I met 
Charles Caulfield, his wife Kathleen, and their four children, who 
reside in my district. I learned that despite the fact that they 
committed no crime in the United States and despite the fact that 
neither the Irish, nor British Governments are seeking to extradite 
them, the Federal Government is going to extraordinary lengths to force 
their family to return to a dangerous conflict.
  Mr. Speaker, Kathleen Caulfield has been harassed and detained by 
British security forces in Ireland while being over 6 months pregnant 
and without being charged with a crime. I believe the threat of 
persecution and harassment for these seven families due to their 
beliefs in a united Ireland is genuine.
  Immigration Judge Williams has recently ruled that one of the men 
facing deportation, Brian Pearson, should be granted political asylum 
due to the fact his acts in Ireland were political in nature and the 
threat of persecution is great. I am deeply disappointed with the INS.
  President Clinton, by the way, in 1992 stated there would be no more 
Joe Doherty's. I ask that this administration be true to that pledge.

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