Speech #970236268

Mr. President. Edwin Harwood. a national fellow at the Hoover Institution. recently analyzed the immigration reform bill passed by the Senate a few weeks ago. Mr. Harwood. writing in the Wall Street Journal for September 17. 1982. notes that the amnesty provisions are an open invitation to massive fraud. Mr. Harwood makes the point that Congress has failed to give the Immigration and Naturalization Service the resources to enforce the existing laws in the face of escalating illegal entries. Our illegal immigration crisis is a law enforcement breakdown. We cannot solve the problem without spending more money and having the courage to enforce the laws. Most of the additional funds needed for immigration law enforcement could be raised by modest user fees charged those who cross our borders. Where Congress and the administration will obtain the determination to enforce the law in the face of noisy charges of discrimination. I cannot say.