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Remedial legislation has been proposed that would streamline the process to clarify which groups are terrorist, protect victims of coercion, and provide increased administrative discretion. Apparently receptive is Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), who has previously criticized the law. This is a cause that both Democrats and Republicans should embrace.

Protecting America from terrorist attacks is an imperative duty for the federal government. It is reasonable, then, to closely scrutinize would-be refugees.

But it makes no sense to treat people who love America, indeed, who are among the most pro-American on earth, as terrorists. Rosenzweig complains that "the conundrum is that this law applies to both" refugees and dangerous people, "and the process of sorting them out is not as easy as waving a magic wand."

No, but doing so is a lot easier than the administration seems to think. It's time for Congress to fix the law. Then the administration, any administration, will be able to rely on common sense instead of a magic wand.

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