Countries Refusing to Take Deportees Would Face Sanctions Under Proposal
"Rebecca Harrison clutched a red folder of court papers 
detailing her ex-husband's molestation conviction from 16 years earlier, waiting for her case to be called by a Harris County family court judge. 'I just can't believe it,' she said, warily eyeing her ex-husband, Mohammed Malekzadeh, a native of Iran, as he sat on a wooden bench in the hallway outside the courtroom Tuesday. 'We always assumed he would be deported when he finished his sentence. Everyone did. It's scary,'" the Houston Chronicle reports. "Rep. Dent (R-Pa.) has co-sponsored a House bill that mirrors legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., that would amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit providing aid to countries that deny or unreasonably delay attempts to send back their citizens. The bills also contain provisions that would prohibit U.S. officials from issuing visas to people from countries that block the repatriation of immigrants."
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I don't get what the problem is. Our gov has been doing extraordinary renditions for some time, just use the same system to get these people out of the country and then let the individuals sort it out with their homeland. It's their problem, it shouldn't be ours.
When are the leaders of this country going to "grow a set" and stop bending over for the rest of the world???
I have to tell you, if I were a foreigner with no real concept of America, I would have no respect for the U.S. or its laws, either.
I'm not a foreigner however, and as an American I am demanding, DEMANDING, the same respect and consideration that any other nation would expect from me.
Haven't been here for awhile, but glad to be back.
It is about time something like this materialized. Am I reading it right, that Arlen Specter is a co-sponsor? Well, he is a politician, I guess. I can't believe we were wimpy enough to just take this lying down in the first place. Let those countries take back their scum and deal with them. We don't want them here.
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