I rise to urge my colleagues to support this amendment to H.R. 3810 offered jointly by Mr. MOORHEAD and myself. Our amendment. which has been introduced separately as H.R. 5385. would authorize a 50 percent increase in Border Patrol above and beyond the provisions already included in the text of H.R. As Members with districts so close to the Mexican border. the steady flow of immigrants has affected our area far more seriously and directly than most. Time and again we have heard the facts and figures of how serious the immigration emergency is. And time and again we will continue to hear that apprehensions are up from over 1.1 million in 1985 to a projected 1.8 million this year. And we will further hear that for everyone apprehended two or three get away.
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