Mr. Speaker. the New York Times on July 19. 1987. reported that a number of Jamaicans. mostly illegal aliens. have developed a massive criminal organization that imports and distributes narcotics as well as being involved in trafficking firearms. These aliens have established gangs in 15 metropolitan areas from Boston to Denver to carry out their business. A few days later. the Washington Post carried stories about these New York- and Miamibased gangs. bringing their operations into the Nations Capital. James L. Brown. special agent in charge of the Miami district office of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. estimates that 300 to 400 homicides could be attributed to the Jamaican gangs. Stories and statistics like these regarding the proliferation of illegal alien felonious activity are being repeated across the Nation. I believe that we are faced with a problem that needs immediate congressional actionthe problem of criminal aliens. All too often. these alienswhether here legally or illegallywho are arrested for various felonious crimes. evade deportation. dodge trials. and continue with their recidivist activities. They often are able to pay expensive bonds and disappear under a new identity often to reappear in court with a different name and a new offense. In some cases. they may return to their native lands and reenter the United States with new names and papers but committing the same crimes.
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Generalization that illegal aliens are involved in criminal organizations and drug trafficking.