I know that it is a long day. But I would like to make a point that is extremely important. The Judiciary Committee authorized an additional $20 million to increase the INS. as recommended by the Immigration Subcommittee. The purpose of these added resources was to balance service to the public activities with the enforcement functions. as well as providing a more balanced approach among the enforcement activities. to bring the Immigration Service into the 20th century so that we can begin to track who is in this country. what they are doing and when they should be leavingsomething we do not have the capability of doing right nowand to beef up our enforcement activities in this country and working with other countries trying to do the same thing. The budget as submitted to the Congress was directed only to an increase of the border patrol. The committee addon included funds for inspections. antismuggling and investigations. which were largely ignored in the fiscal 1985 budget. The Appropriations Committee found validity in the Judiciary Committees action and subsequently included the full amount in its appropriation bill.
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