Speech #990248523

I think the gentlemans amendment is right on the money with a problem that is extremely serious. We in central Florida have a number of dealers who are illegal. illegally here. who are dealing in crack. which has become one of the most tremendous problems that we have. They get convicted. they sit in our jails. they await appeals and so forth. and the Immigration and Naturalization Service will not do anything about that because of the cost they say is involved to the Federal Government in removing them from the State prisons and putting them in Federal prisons as they await deportation. Well. my word. whose problem is this? These are illegals who have no business being here in the first place. They are involved with drugs. We need to get them deported. We do not have to wait until they serve their sentence or some appeals are exhausted. They ought to be taken out of the country now. It is our responsibility. If they are short in funds somewhere. let us move it over there. We will find the funds and worry about that as the time comes. but the pressure needs to be on to get those illegals dealing in crack and cocaine out of this country as fast as we can possibly get them out under the deportation laws as they now exist. Mr. Chairman. the gentlemans amendment is right on target and I fully support it.