Speech #940084856

Tom was not on the flight which Frank came to OHare to meet. Torn arrived several hours earlier than Frank expected and. in the crowds and commotion of OHare International Airport. the two brothers never did find each other. While Frank was looking for Tom. and Tom was trying to find Frank. the Immigration and Naturalization Service had already corralled Tom. Within only a few hours of Toms arrival in "the land of the free." officials of the U.S. Government sent Tom Smith packing. back on a plane to Ireland. When American immigration officials examined Toms papers. they decided that Tom did not deserve to visit the United States because he only had $15 in his pocket. even though he had qualified for the visitors visa given him in Ireland. Instead of allowing Tom a few more minutes for his brother to find him. arrogant and insensitive immigration officials detained him and induced him to sign a withdrawal form. rescinding his application to enter the United States. Mr. Speaker. if this had happened to you. you would have fought successfully to escape the bureaucratic tangle in which you had unwittingly become enmeshed.