Mr. Chairman. I would like to point out to my colleagues the important provisions in this bill dealing with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and what this bill does to improve its operation and to help make sure fraud. waste. mismanagement are. to the extent possible. eliminated. There have been some recent concerns expressed in the press about corruption in the Immigration Service. We know that there have been frequent complaints about inordinate delays in the handling and processing of cases. I would like to point out that this legislation calls for the creation of an Inspector General within the Immigration and Naturalization Service. an Inspector General appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. I think the creation of an Inspector General will go far to remove the complaints that have existed in the past about possible corruption in the agency as well as mismanagement and will go far to help improve its operations. In addition. the Subcommittee on Immigration. Refugees. and International Law felt very strongly that the present system with regard to the arrival of foreign visitors and foreigners to the United States is wholly inadequate. We do not have a system for keeping track of persons who come to this country. Millions of people come to America and we do not know if they leave. we do not know if they stay. The situation is chaotic and archaic and intolerable. This bill contains two provisions addressing this. First. there is substantial funding to begin the automation of the Immigration Service so that the recordkeeping will not be kept by hand. as it is now which. of course. makes the recordkeeping task impossible. Second. the bill calls for the development and upgrading of a system for keeping track of those who arrive in the country and those who depart. These are major improvements.
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