INS officers are not afraid to detain criminals. but they do so at their own risk and are individually subject to potential civil tort liability. By giving general arrest authority to INS officers. we will add vital resources to the war on drugs and crime at no additional expense. better utilize already trained personnel. and address the new realities the INS faces from drug cartels and organized crime. Id also like to express my support for the administrations proposal to streamline the deportation of criminal aliens. About 72.000 aliens are arrested on felony drug charges every year. but only about 6.000 criminal aliens were deported in fiscal year 1988. In the Federal prison system alone. more than 20 percent of the population is made up of aliens who are deportable as a result of criminal convictions. The Violent Crime and Drug Control Act of 1990. which implements the Presidents crime package. provides for increased resources devoted to the deportation of criminal aliens. I wholeheartedly support this proposal and other improvements that will make our system of deporting aliens more efficient. I would also like to note that the high concentration of drug crimes in the border regions has severely impacted the Federal court systems in these areas. The Federal judiciary in the State of Texas has been overwhelmed.
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