President. I rise in support of Senator Bryans amendment. This measure modifies the amnesty provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. In the legalization program under the act. we provided that all information disclosed by an illegal alien in the process of applying for amnesty would be confidential. We included this provision to encourage people to come forward and apply. if they qualified. without fear that they would be disclosing themselves to immigration authorities. and be subject to deportation. To help convince unauthorized aliens that it was truly an amnesty. we kept the legalization files confidential. However. law enforcement officers have been placed in the frustrating position of trying to identify alien suspects in crimessuch as the recent CIA shootingwithout the benefit of identifying information. such as photographs and fingerprints already in the governments possession.
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