Commissioner Crossland continues: Last year. more than 274 million persons were inspected at ports of entry and nearly 1 million inadmissible applicants were refuse:1 entry13 percent more than 1978. In addition. inspectors during nonpeak times at airports and other ports of entry handled adjudication of 800.000 alien applications and petitions. a 20percent increase over the previous year. Yet. without my amendment. we would only add 15 new inspection positions. an increase of 1 percent. Mr. Chairman. we should fund these posit.ons for border patrol and inspectors now for fiscal year 1981 so that recruitment and training can go forward and another 2 years will not go by before we can gain control over our land borders and insure proper inspection at ports of entry. nl 1610
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