Speech #1050083207

I rise this morning to speak on an issue that is very important to me. For more than 26 years. I was an employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. I am proud to say that I worked for the INS and that I helped to enforce our Nations immigration laws as a Border Patrol agent and subsequently as a Border Patrol chief. I am proud to have worked alongside some of the most dedicated and professional men and women this country has to offer. It is for these men and women that I will introduce the Border Security and Enforcement Act of 1997. a bill which will separate the Border Patrol and other enforcement components from the INS and create a new enforcement agency. The INS has real problems that demand real answers. I believe I can provide those answers in a manner that is beneficial to the INS and the American people who demand more from their Government.