Unfortunately, war criminals who wielded machetes and guns against innocent civilians in countries like Haiti, Yugoslavia and Rwanda have been able to gain entry to the United States through the same doors that we have opened to deserving refugees. Once these war criminals slip through the immigration nets, they often remain in the United States, unpunished for their crimes. The Anti-Atrocity Alien Deportation Act, to close loopholes in current law to accomplish this task. Little is being done about the new generation of international war criminals living among us, and these delays are costly. As any prosecutor knows, such delays make documentary and testimonial evidence more difficult to obtain.
Stale cases are the hardest to make.
Let us not repeat the mistake we made with Nazi war criminals of waiting decades before tracking down those war criminals who settled in this country. I invite the Department of Justice to work with me as this legislation moves through Committee to make any refinements necessary to address this problem. Computer Crime Enforcement Act, S. 1314 . I recently introduced this legislation to establish a Department of Justice grant program to support state and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors to prevent, investigate and prosecute computer crime. Senator DeWine, with whom I worked closely and successfully last year on the Crime Identification Technology Act, and Senator Robb, who has long been a leader on law enforcement issues, also support the bill as original cosponsors.