Canada opposes the bill because It would only postpone a problem that really needs to be eliminated . . . under the present circumstances. the best course of action would be to refer H.R. 2920 to Committee. in order for it to be properly debated before being brought before the full House for a vote. From my perspective. there are far preferable approaches available. The Senate has already conducted two hearings on the issue and Senator ABRAHAM has introduced legislation which provides for a full exemption from the land border crossing requirements while we study the problems of implementing this vast new bureaucracy. A counterpart bill has been introduced in the House which is supported by the administration. In order to consider these and other responses. we need to vote this bill down today. so we can look at this issue in the Judiciary Committee with more than 24 hours notice. H.R. 2920 is a "BandAid quick fix" which does not provide the proper solution for our border control concerns. Section 110 is not scheduled to be implemented until October 1998. We have plenty of time to hold committee hearings and develop a practical bipartisan solution to this problem.
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