Speaker. for weeks and weeks and weeks. Members have come to me. as I have walked on the floor and as I have gone back and forth to the office. asking me. as chairman of the Subcommittee on International Law. Immigration. and Refugees. when will we be doing something about illegal immigration. about the people who abuse the asylum system and. just generally. doing something to address the chaos in our immigration policy?" Two things to these end which. I think. warrant discussion. Mr. Speaker. One is that earlier this week. Attorney General Reno spent an hour and a half with my subcommittee and with members of the staff to talk about some of the issues she sees in immigration. And. of course. her earlier life was as an attorney and prosecuting lawyer in Dade County. FL. which is quite heavily visited by immigrationrelated problems. She assured us that the administration would advance a package of bills which would help the Nation deal with immigration abuses. Second. later this morning. possibly at 10:45. the President will announce the name of the individual he wishes to serve as Commissioner of the Immigration Service. I have talked to the President about this a number of times. because we need leadership in the INS. We need a person in that position to settle policy not caretaker. Possibly. Mr. Speaker. then with Attorney General Renos appearance and with the new Commissioner. we can move forward in this House and the other body to fashion sensitive but effective immigration policy for this Na.. tion.
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