Under the "enlightened" and "tolerant" rule of the Ayatollah Khomeini. it is perfectly understandable that any Iranian who was unwilling to slavishly follow his line of antiAmericanism and medieval philosophy would want to flee Iran. I am entirely willing to concede that these people could. and should be permitted to enter the United States. However. we theoretically have an Immigration Service which is responsible for insuring that undesirables do not enter the country. Otherwise. why have an INS? why have visas? why have passports? The people of the United States have decided through their elected representatives that certain persons should not be permitted entry into the United States. Thus. immigration laws were enacted. and an Immigration Service was created. However. Mr. Speaker. under the Carter administration. we might as well not even have an INS or immigration statutes. Perhaps the administration needs some help in dealing with the problems such as are described in the UPI report. I am willing to offer that help.
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