Speech #940075676

Speaker. the residents of several communities in my congressional district are growing increasingly alarmed over the presence of a major drug ring operating in their neighborhoods. This drug ring is reputed to be one of the largest of its kind anywhere in the United States involving millions of dollars worth of illegal cocaine and other drugs into Queens for distribution into the city of New York. Local law enforcement officials have been unable to effectively crack this ring due to the fact that 90 percent of the dealers are illegal aliens and they are not equipped with the resources to contend with this situation I have. therefore. called upon both the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration to direct all necessary resources in a coordinated effort with local law enforcement personnel to crack this dangerous ring. This shocking situation points once again to the need for passage of H.R. 5987. legislation I have introduced to control the illegal aliens problem. My bill would increase by 2.500 the numbers of Immigration Service enforcement personnel both stationed along the borders and in our major cities. We must weed out existing illegal aliens and slow the influx of new illegals. They are involved in any number of sordid operations including drug smuggling. tax evasion. and depletion of municipal services. Shortages of manpower in the INS is a major source of the problems and passage of my bill could go a long way toward reducing the problems.