Mr. Chairman. I rise to commend the gentleman from Iowa for the way he has dealt with the problem that we have had year after year concerning the amount of inspection positions of the Immigration Service along the Mexican border. As the chairman well knows. for many. many years. we have been short of inspectors at the border with Mexico. And last year the gentleman from Iowa was nice enough. his committee has been nice enough. to give us the sum of $5 million for 100 additional inspectors along the border. Unfortunately. last year when that was done. the Immigration Service interpreted that provision to mean temporary employees. This year I see that the gentleman has in the language of the bill and in the report appropriated $5 million to fund 100 additional permanent positions. which is what we have really needed all along. That temporary business was just a bandaid.
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