Speech #1040201758

President. a letter from the American Farm Bureau Federationactually not a letter but a statement that was put out. I have no date on this but it was within the last month. Let me Just read a portion of this: Farm Bureau has been very active in lobbying Capitol Hill to seek retention of the openfield search warrant provision enacted as part of the 196 Immigration Reform bill. The provision of S. 269 repealing the openfield search warrant requirement has received no examination in public hearings. despite the fact that it reverses policy adopted by clear majorities of both Houses of Congress during the 1986 reform debate. Continuing the quote now: Congress enacted the socalled openfield search warrant requirement as a part of the 1986 immigration reform bill in response to concerns among the agriculture community that farmers were treated differently by Immigration and Naturalization Service as a result of the nature of their business. that it is conducted outdoors rather than indoors and it thus had been more vulnerable to abusive searches. That is a partial quote from the letter. Let me also point out what the INS can do today. again under the current status of the law. again under the 1986 compromise. the SimpsonMazzoll compromise.