These amendments go. Mr. President. to a single concern. and that is that we face the prospect. particularly in the southern region of this country. of another wave of immigration. particularly as conditions deteriorate in Cuba. Since the beginning of the year. Mr. President. 1.400 Cubans have arrived by small boats and rafts. This compares with 467 who came in all of 1990. We have had a dramatic increase in the number of persons who arrived under legal visas and then overstayed their visas. It is estimated that some 25.000 to 35.000 persons have done that since the beginning of the year. These three amendments will do the following: One. they will direct the Department of Justice to issue regulations under the existing Immigration Emergency Fund Program. a program that has been in effect since 1985. Congress has appropriated money for this Fund. but there are no regulations to govern access to that money. Second. they will direct the INS to establish a tracking system for those persons who arrive in the United States under a legal visa. so that there can be a determination as to if and when they exit the country. INS will also be required to compile statistical information on those visitors who overstay their visas. And third. they would provide for a cap on the population of the principal refugee retention center. the Krome Processing Center in Miami. Krome was intended to be for a shortterm detention and has become. for much of its life. a longterm detention center. Thus. the Immigration Service is denied the opportunity to have what would be a critically needed shortterm detention and processing center In the event that the tide that we are currently experiencing were to become a flood. Mr. President.
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