Speech #930057154

Disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 2. The White House has declared Plan No. 2. "inoperative" in part. I believe that the efficiency and the expertise of the Immigration and Naturalization Service would be greatly reduced or totally eliminated if Reorganization Plan No. 2. section 2. were to be allowed to go Into effect on June 11. 1973. I support the efforts by the administration. the Congress and State and local drug law enforcement officials to combat the flow of dangerous drugs into and through the United States. but I cannot support what I believe would be the dismantlement of the INS under the Administrations Reorganization Plan. Section 2 of the plan would remove the front line security for the United States against entry into this country by illegal aliens. The whole plan. as I understand it now. has been riddled with what I would term. "questionable deals" purposely circumventing the legislative prerogatives of the Congress and deals made by the Office of Management and Budget which simply wants to avoid political embarrassment by the possible. and I would hope. actual defeat of the Reorganization Plan No. 2 with the House approval today of House Resolution 382. which disapproves the entire Reorganization Plan. I urge the Members of the House to move to the introduction of positive legislation to strengthen the law enforcement arm of the Federal Government in halting the flow of dangerous drugs into the United States.