Speech #970091896

Speaker. Congressman BUTLER. of Virginia. offered the amendment at full committee to retain the nonimmigrant address reporting provision of current law. The major contribution of H.R. 4327 relates to the enforcement assistance it will provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The elimination of unnecessary paperwork requirements can free Immigration Service employees to engage in necessary efforts to uncover violations of our immigration laws. Congress must attempt to meet the enforcement needs of a critically understaffed immigration service not only be restoring positionsas we have recently donebut also by eliminating wasteful paperwork that does not contribute to enforcement objectives. H.R. 4327 directly addresses the issue of enforcement. The present requirement that an excluded alien be returned only "to the country whence he came" is replaced with INS authority to send the individual. if necessary. to any country willing to accept him. This brings INS authority in the execution of exclusion orders into line with enforcement power in the execution of deportation orders. The United States need notand should notbe stuck indefinitely with a person here in contravention of our law merely because another country refuses to accept the excluded individual. I commend my colleagues for their conscientious work on this legislationincluding Congressman MAZZOLI. chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. and Congressman FISH. ranking minority member of the subcommitteeand I enthusiastically advocate its passage.*