Mr. Speaker. if we could make that point a little further on a subject that I brought up during the discussion of the Wright amendment. I mentioned the fact that we had $30 million that we had placed in the overall budget for the Department of Justice to go to the INS. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. to increase their personnel by 750 people. That is 400 new border patrol officers. and the balance for the service side. Most Members of Congress. I think. find at least No. 1 or No. 2 among the agencies that they have complaints about from their constituents is the INS because the INS does not have adequate resources. The President did send up a letter. OMB sent up a letter. asking us not to spend that money at this time because of the fact that the Congress has refused to act on the immigration reform package and suggesting that it could not be as well spent without the context of a new immigration reform package. I agree with them. although I dispute their conclusion that. therefore. we should not have it now. But the point is. the administration suggested that we not spend that $30 million.
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