Third. as my friend in the House of Representatives. Mr. BIAGGI pointed out. the INS has been forced to establish priorities of function within their service. despite the fact that all of INS enforcement functions are critical to solving the illegal alien problem. A specific casualty under that directive was the area control apprehension program. a program responsible for locating illegal aliens living in our major urban areas. The appropriation proposed by the House and under consideration now. as INS informs me. will not be sufficient to revive this program. Last. there are over 1 million jobs in this Nation which are now being held by illegal aliens. Not all of those positions call for unskilled or semiskilled labor. Hearings in the House Judiciary Committee pointed out that a good number of those jobs are skilled construction positions. white collar office positions. That is 1 million jobs which American citizens and legal immigrants now out of work could be holding. I had intended to offer an amendment today to increase the appropriations for INS. but in lieu of that. I would like to pose several questions to the distinguished chairman of the State. Justice. and Commerce Appropriations Subcommittee. First. does the chairman feel that the addition of 750 new positions is an adequate response to the everincreasing problem of illegal aliens? In other words. does he believe that this appropriation will prove to be effective?
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