Chairman. I simply want to put this issue in the right context. Statistics. as I think the gentleman has indicated. are here with us to indicate that almost 2 million illegal aliens came in last year despite what controls we did have. We have not 200 miles of contiguous border. but we have 5.000 miles of contiguous border with Canada and Mexico. Of course. this is not going to solve the problem. Six years ago the best indication I could get from regional directors of INS was that something like 14 million illegal aliens were in the country at that time. What this amendment will do is send a message indicating that there is at least a start to help control this situation. We have to start somewhere since. as the gentleman pointed out. there is no policy at the present time.
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