We have provided for felony penaltiesup to $5.000 fine or 5 years imprisonment or bothfor activities involving the use. manufacture. or sale of counterfeit or altered identification documents. The bill also creates a new criminal offense for bringing an alien to the United States knowing. or in reckless disregard of the fact that the alien had not received prior official authorization to enter our country. We have also agreed that resources for border patrol and other enforcement activities should be increased. This will give the Immigration Service the funding authority needed to do their job. All the new programs in this legislation will not enable our Nation to maintain a just. equitable immigration policy unless we enforce these programs. Our citizens deserve strong enforcement. and I pray we will continue to back the Immigration Service each year in the future as we authorize and appropriate the resources necessary. Mr. President. let me again thank the committee for their efforts and urge my colleagues to support this legislation. both now and after it becomes law.
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