Speech #1040269405

Now we want more changes in it before we will agree to sign it." This reminds me of the system that apparently Dick Morris organized a year ago. Let me read from one of our daily papers. the Washington headline. It says: Immigration and Naturalization Service officials have learned that about 5.000 of the 60.000 immigrants naturalized in six days of mass ceremonies in Los Angeles last month concealed past criminal records that might have disqualified some of them from citizenship.. .. Of the 5.000 who proved to have criminal records... their alleged crimes ranged from serious offenses. such as murder and rape. that would disqualify them from citizenship to minor violations that would not. This article says. "Clinton administration election year program to naturalize 1.3 million new citizens during this fiscal year ending October 1 ** * " In other words. it is a rush. it is a political plan we have here to rush people through so fast that the FBI cannot even provide the traditional background check that would have spotted these murderers and rapists who are now U.S. citizens because of this political program. Right here. it reads: Because of the rush to naturalize citizens. none of this FBI data was available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service before the ceremony. What kind of nonsense have we gotten ourselves into here? What price are these elections worth? It reads that: Prior to the inception of citizenship. USA officials said the INS generally waits until it receives the result of an FBI check on applicants for naturalization before granting them citizenship. But that was pushed aside because the politics of this program was more important. Now we come to this illegal immigration bill. and all of a sudden. it has become bigger than running the Government. and one cannot help but miss the connection that we have throttled up this immigration bill. we have used it as a wedge against keeping an orderly transition of Government. a safety net under these troops that are overseas. our seniors. our childrens programs. school programs. all set aside for the politics of the moment. The idea of strategically using immigration and naturalization politically. the idea of a political plan for posturing to destabilize our troops. disaster victims. is not a very pretty picture. No wonder there is so much cynicism about this process that goes on in our Capital City. Mr.