Mr. President. I rise today to introduce legislation to address the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States. This is not some sudden reaction. not something stimulated by media concern of the day. Certainly over the last years I have been involved deeply in immigration and refugee activitiesthe flow. criminal aliens. the disposition of those who come to our shores. those who misuse our asylum procedures. those who misuse our nonimmigrant visa procedures. and those who misuse our immigrant visa procedures and immigration generally. What we have 694)59 097 Vol. 13!) (1t. 11) 7 seen recently and read and watched on televisionthe cruel spectacle of ships containing hundreds of frightened illegal aliens running aground in New York Harbor or sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge to discharge their wretched passengers at a dock just a few blocks from downtown San Franciscois a startling thing to us. The American people are appalled at the loss of life. the terrible foul. and inhumane conditions aboard the ships and the obvious inability of this Government to control this blatant abuse of our immigration laws. Organized crime is believed to be deeply involved in this smuggling activity. Smugglers have discovered so very clearly that there is less risk involved in human smuggling than in drug smuggling. and that the profits can be enormous.
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