Mr. Speaker. I rise in .support of H.R. 6078. the purpose of which is to extend to customs and immigrant inspectors the same preferential retirement treatment the law has accorded enforcement officers of the Bureau of Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the past 25 years. Although the principal duties of these inspectors are not the investigation. apprehension. or detention of offenders of criminal laws. they are. nevertheless. charged with the enforcement of the Federal immigration and customs statutes. The fact of the matter Is that inspectors form the first line of enforcement of the pertinent laws. They are. essentially. law enforcement officers. notwithstanding the titles of their positions or their job descriptions.
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