Mr. Speaker. I have taken this well before to describe the need in the United States for comprehensive immigration reform. Last year. I referred to a trip I made down to the border in the San Diego area in which I was able to see the unfortunate circumstances under which many of the illegal aliens live. They live in the socalled spider holes. burrows in the ground. several feet deep. In some locations. hundreds of people live in these communities. Some people thought. "Well. that was just a problem of agriculture." and in fact wanted to point the finger at the owners of the land until it was revealed in some circumstances we think we have found them on U.S. Marine Corps bases. Yesterday it was announced by the INS that they found 119 illegal aliens living in spider holes not down in San Diego. not along the border. but in the middle of Los Angeles under our freeways. The Government agents arrested 119 illegal aliens. They found 40 mattresses hidden under bushes. kerosene stoves. radios. 2 television sets plugged into a municipal power cable running under the interchange. The illegal immigrants had dug adobes. many of them less than 4 feet high. and were living in jungle conditions according to the INS Commissioner. How can we allow that to happen in this society? How can we year after year after year put off all the things that we have to do on this particular subject in order to take care of other things that we consider important?
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