I want to call attention to the fact that this bill will permanently reinstate a criminal alien. prearraignment identification program at the detention facility in the city of Anaheim. CA. This successful INS pilot program has existed in the city of Anaheim since October The pilot program has effectively identified 4.500 undocumented criminal aliens in city detention facilities before their initial court appearance. Such suspects often fail to appear for subsequent court proceedings. The INS can then determine which inmates are in the country illegally and therefore subject to deportation. On February 27. 1997. I wrote the Commissioner of the INS to urge continued operation of the prearraingment pilot program which was set to expire in April 1997.
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