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Then they come back 2 weeks later. and they have to go out again. We have some people on the books in Los Angeles who have entered illegally six times in 1 year. They have been deported five times. and they come back the sixth time and are arrested again. So we have a problem in this country. We have two problems: Illegal aliens coming in. some of them with drugs. and the importation of illegal drugs. The great problem before us today is to prevent the flow of dangerous drugs into our country. The second problem. as I said. is to prevent the flood of illegal aliens across our borders. Those two Problems are related. Mr. Chairman. dangerous drugs are frequently smuggled through our ports of entry by aliens carrying forged entrance papers. Dangerous drugs are also of ten brought across our borders between ports of entry by illegal aliens. Most illegal aliens and aliens transporting drugs slip across our borders at night. The reorganization plan before us involves in part the transfer of 900 men from the Immigration and Naturalization Service into the Customs Bureau. I oppose that part. I oppose this 900man transfer from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It would strengthen our fight against drugs. it Is true. but it would weaken our fight against illegal aliens crossing our borders. Mr. Chairman. the American Federation of Government Employees. representing employees In the Immigration and Naturalization Service. opposes the transfer of these people for the same reason. They had a succession of conferences with the officials in OMB. The gentleman from New York and I agreed with their views and so informed the OMB.