Chairman. I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York . I would point out with some pride that other supporters of this amendment are bipartisan and people who can hardly be termed insensitive to the civil liberties of Americans and undocumented aliens. I am speaking of the gentleman from New Jersey who is chairman of the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. and the gentleman from Massachusetts who is also an active member of the Judiciary Committee. and the gentleman from New York . myself. and many others. I think the difference. and I regret to disagree with my good friend from California . but the difference is there is no expectation of privacy in an open field. There is in a house. in a structure. in a building. But in an open field where people are congregating. one can hardly have the expectation of privacy. The purpose of this whole legislative effort is to curb illegal alien entry and presence in the United States. You hobble the Immigration officials efforts to accomplish that if they have to secure. under very difficult circumstances. literally thousands of warrants from rural and parttime magistrates who may or may not be available at the appropriate time. This is a process that has been held constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on more than one occasion.
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