President. shortly I am going to put in a quorum call because I am told that two of my colleagues may want to speak In opposition to this amendment. There are a couple of concerns about the amendment that I have. One is that the police with whom I have spoken. local police. because something along the lines of what my colleague from Delaware has introduced has come up in other immigration bills. have indicated they strongly oppose this. not because they do not want to cooperate with INS but in those areas where there are large immigrant populations they find it eliminates their ability to get cooperation in those communities unrelated to INS. In other words. they rely significantly. as every police agency does. on informants. They rely on cooperation within those communities for efforts in locating and preventing crime and with apprehending criminals. So that is the reason they do not like It. but. quite frankly. I am surveying to determine whether or not my colleagues on the immigration subcommittee wish to speak to it. What I am going to do is put in a quorum call. If they are not here by the time my time expires.
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