Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Chair, we'll be talking about our help for refugees from Iraq next week. These people are true refugees. Creating a special class would vault these deserters to the front of the line with their very own category. These deserters are no more deserving of special treatment than anyone else. That sort of special, unequal treatment is not right, especially when we have many more legitimate refugees waiting for our help. It's not fair to the people who follow the rules and who apply to come to our country under the normal immigration system. It's not fair or consistent.
It doesn't seem to me that creating these loopholes will maintain the fairness and integrity of our system.
Can either one of you explain to us further why you maintain that we should change our fair standards to create loopholes and special classes for these people?