Mr. Chair, I think it's the last line of that proposed amendment that's the important one. Depending on how you look at it, it either describes the U.S. pre-clearance process or it tries to supplant it. If it's the latter, we're not legislatively mandated to make a pre-clearance decision for the U.S. If it's simply descriptive of the U.S. process, “if there is no further reason to detain him or her”, that captures the entire process. I would think it's duplicative and should be left in U.S. hands.
On June 14th, 2017. See this statement in context.