Mr. Speaker. the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the Interception of United Statesbound Haitian immigrants was an important step in returning a measure of sanity to United States Immigration policy. Prior to the Bush administrations decision to return these Haitians while they were in International waters. literally hundreds of thousands of Haitians had fled to the United States seeking a new and more prosperous way of life. Moreover. we have hard evidence that. were the Clinton administration to reverse the repatriation policy. yet another mass exodus would result. Mr. Speaker. the situation with the Haitian boat people is but the latest demonstration that United States Immigration policy Is in desperate need of reform. We are witnessing an unprecedented abuse of the political asylum process. and we are seeing unprecedented numbers of illegal aliens seeking ways to avoid detection. We are seeing organized crime becoming involved in the smuggling of human flesh. According to recent studies. legal and Illegal immigrants cost the United States some $45 billion per year. As a June 25. 1993. editorial in the Omaha World Herald recently stated: "Letting immigrants enter the country to apply for asylum has been a disaster." The following is that edilorial. entitled "Hard but Fair Decision on Haitians":
Keywords matched
Illegal immigrants asylum process Immigration immigrants illegal aliens