Speech #980140227

Mr. Speaker. Experienced Border Patrol officers file what are called "getaway reports" to indicate how many aliens successfuly entered the United States. These getaways are aliens whom the Border Patrol could not catch. either because they were too far away or. as is increasingly the case. they just do not have the personnel or the vehicles to catch all the aliens coming by them. Using these getaway reports. the Border Patrol estimates that between two and four aliens get away for each one they catch. That means in the last fiscal year. as many as 4.800.000 illegal aliens could have entered the United States. I consider that an unacceptable situation. Mr.