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LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS URGED TO MEET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON ISSUE OF SECRET
EVIDENCE
Twenty-nine representatives co-sponsor Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/10/99) - CAIR is calling on local Muslim communities to
arrange meetings with members of the House of Representatives (or key staff)
to seek commitments on the Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999 (H.R. 2121).
This legislation, introduced by Reps. Tom Campbell (R-CA) and David Bonior
(D-MI) and co-sponsored by 29 House members, would prevent the use of secret
evidence in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation
hearings. More co-sponsors are needed.
Many American Muslims and civil libertarians believe secret evidence is
unconstitutional and that it is used disproportionately against members of
the Muslim and Arab-American communities. The act's sponsors say more than
20 of the 25 individuals held based on secret evidence are Muslims and/or
Arabs. The use of secret evidence has a negative impact on our community
that will only grow worse if we do not support this legislation.
The "Findings" section of the proposed legislation states:
No person physically present in the United States, including its outlying
possessions, should be deprived of liberty based on evidence kept secret
from that person, including information classified for national security
reasons.
Removal from the United States can separate a person from the person's
family, may expose the person to persecution and torture, and amounts to a
severe deprivation of liberty.
Use of secret evidence in immigration proceedings deprives the alien of due
process rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution and
undermines our adversarial system, which relies on cross-examination as an
engine of truth-seeking.
(The full text of the legislation, along with a list of co-sponsors, is
available at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Search for bill number H.R. 2121.)
MAJOR MEDIA REFERENCES TO THE USE OF SECRET EVIDENCE:
The Washington Post - "The use of secret evidence is antithetical to the
premises of our judicial system." (8/6/99)
The New York Times - "In a practice assailed by civil liberties and
Arab-American groups, two dozen suspected terrorists, all Arabs, are being
detained around the country by the immigration service on the basis of
secret evidence. None of the defendants and their lawyers have been allowed
to see the evidence against them." (7/31/99)
St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) - "Excising the use of secret evidence from our
justice system will do more to protect what this nation stands for than
passing a dozen anti-flag-burning amendments." (5/23/99) "...the miscarriage
of justice is too consequential for Congress to ignore...The evidence, which
often consists of newspaper clippings, third-hand allegations and bigoted
intuition on the part of government investigators, is withheld from
defendants...'" (10/10/98)
The Palm Beach Post - "...secret evidence and incarceration without trial do
not belong in America." (5/22/99)
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