Further. we continue to funnel arms into the poorest and most politically unstable countries across the globe. We cannot continue along this path. It is only when we address the root causes of illegal immigrationpoverty. warfare. and persecutionthat the United States can truly address and eliminate this problem. One final note. Mr. President. In this bill. we have significantly enhanced the ability of the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] to meet one of its primary missions. to control the entry of illegal immigrants into this country. But. I would like to take this opportunity to remind my colleagues that the enforcement mission is not the only mission of the INS. The INS also exists to serve. to meet the needs of citizens. legal residents. and visitors. It has the responsibility to provide service to millions of individuals and employers who are following the rules. and trying to bring family and employees into the United States legally. Due to the recent national attention that has been given to illegal immigration. I fear that this part of the INS mission statement has been severely neglected. For example. many district and regional INS offices have unreliable phone service. have tremendous backlogs in paperwork. and fail to initiate community outreach.
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