These proposed changes address the many needs that we will focus on during the course of the evening. Id like to take mention several provisions included in the administration supported anticrime and drug legislation that are particularly critical to the high intensity drug trafficking areas such as the border regions. One provision will grant general arrest authority to Immigration and Naturalization Service officers. This change will have a very positive effect on our drug and crime interdiction efforts at the border. Along our border. INS officers are often the only law enforcement presence in the areas where drug trafficking is greatest. Narcotics trafficking often involves criminal aliens who profit from organizing illegal narcotic enterprises. As a result of enforcing immigration laws. INS officers increasingly encounter other criminal violations. For instance.
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