The difficulties inherent in identifying the owners of specific farms and fields and meeting the requisite evidentiary standard for issuance of warrants often will prove insurmountable. The conclusion is inescapable that enforcement efforts in open areas will be crippled. It is inconsistent to impose restrictions on immigration enforcement officers that are not imposed on other law enforcement officers. There is no policy justification for saying that persons charged with enforcement of our immigration laws must meet a higher standard than persons charged with the enforcement of other laws. The restrictions incorporated in section 114 will set a very bad precedent for restricting other law enforcement efforts in addition to having a disastrous effect on INS ability to apprehend Illegal aliens who manage to get past the immediate border area. I urge my colleagues to vote for my amendment which retains current law.
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