Mr. President. on Tuesday morning. our Presidentand he is our President. regardless of partyannounced legislative proposals on expedited exclusion of illegal aliens and increased penalties for criminal alien smuggling. I have carefully reviewed those proposals. and I believe they constitute a very good start. Many of the provisions are similar. even identical. to those in two bills I introduced earlier in the Congress to address alien smuggling and asylum abuse. Many provisions are similar to the work product of Senator FEINsTEN. who has taken a serious and vivid interest in this. which is very pleasing to me because I intend to work closely with her on these issues. There are. perhaps. some partisan aspects to immigration reform. refugee matters. asylum. But. by and large. all of us know that the first duty of a sovereign nation is to control its borders. To do that we have to do certain things. I think many of us are ready to do that in a way which does not smack of nativism. or racism. or xenophobia. or all the stuff that is usually out there when you try to do something realistic. But I support very much making entry with fraudulent documents. or no documentsmake it a grounds for exclusion with an expedited hearing and then exclusion of those who cannot establish a "credible fear"-those are the words. "credible fear of persecution in the home country." I support increased penalties for alien smugglers. I support using our racketeeringour RICO lawsto prosecute organized smuggling gangs.
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