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State. and local authorities in an offense against Americas most violent criminals. Let me share one personal situation. We have a fine immigration director in Houston. Juan Para. Recently I had one of our local police departments come to me and say that they were having a very difficult problem identifying aliens who were selling drugs. They were given an alias. and then perhaps they were given another name. and it was very difficult to find out really the identity of the person that had been arrested. and they related to me that they had arrested one individual under one alias. and later they found out that this person was wanted for murder in New York City. So. I asked the immigration director to come in and meet with this local police department. and in the spirit of Federal. State. and local cooperation the immigration director said. "We will be glad to work with the local police department." and It is gratifying to report that now anytime there is an arrest and the identify of the person is suspect. the immigration department immediately responds to that local police department. gives identification. and we are not taking off of the streets people who are not American citizens. but have come from Colombia in a circuitous route. They have come from Caribbean island nations and have come to America for no other purpose than to smuggle and sell drugs. I think it Is very enlightening to know that we have got some Federal officials who are already trying to carry out the spirit of what the President wants to do in this particular crime package. I want to salute Mr. Para and his immigration staff for doing that. One last aspect that I want to touch upon in addressing this overall problem Is something that is not In the Presidents crime bill. but it is a constitutional amendment that I have introduced for 10 years now. It is a consti. tutional amendment that would limit Federal judges to 10 years.