Beyond these issues and in the long run. I have serious reservations about the practical effects of both current law and this bill. Immigration is a domestic problem. but it is also a foreign affairs problem. an international relations problem. More comprehensive solutions to immigration problems than those contained in current or proposed legislation must ultimately be developed with the cooperationand participationof other governments. For example. proposals which would provide tax and investment incentives to American and Mexican firms willing to locate in the five northern States of Mexico. from which most undocumented Mexican aliens come. in return for increased Mexican efforts to direct citizens from those states to local industries. warrant serious consideration. A consistent human rights and foreign policy in the Caribbean Basin would facilitate intergovernment action on immigration problems. Examination and development of longterm proposals such as these should be the next step in Immigration policy reform. In the meantime. Mr.
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