Speech #1020069909

I would like to express my support for the three amendments offered by my colleague. Senator GRAHAM. Floridas immigration/refugee problems are relentless. While the States response has been exemplary. the Federal response has left me disappointed. The first amendmentto require the Justice Department to issue regulations on section 113 of the Immigration Reform and Control Actis a necessary step toward releasing emergency immigration funds to Florida. Approximately 4 years have passed since this statute was enacted. leaving no excuse for a failure to issue these important regulations. The second amendmentto require the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] to develop a tracking system for "194" formsaddresses a fundamental issue the INS has failed to resolve. I was stunned to recently learn the INS does not have a system to track who enters and leaves the United States on nonimmigrant visas. This seems so basic. it is unfortunate Congress is forced to address a problem one would assume the INS would be doing on its own. The third amendmentto require the timely parole of certain aliens detained at the Krome Processing Centerstrikes at an issue that has deeply concerned me for some time.