Speech #1040063546

I am proud to be a Member of the 104th Congress which recognizes this factor. I appreciate having had the chance to testify before the House Budget Committee on this critical issue and for their action. I strongly oppose the Clintons administrations Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] budget for including a border crossing fee. The INS fee is an excessive burden to American businesses along the United States border with Canada and Mexico. Illegal immigration is a national problem and measures to enforce our laws should be financed by all Americans. not only those living on the border. who face the burden of illegal immigration. The American border communities already have the undue hardship of illegal aliens depleting valuable medical and social services. The Clinton border crossing fee is yet another blow to the economic viability of American border communities already devastated by the devaluations of the Mexican peso and the Canadian dollar. The hardworking. taxpaying Americans in the border towns of Presidio. Del Rio.