Thai. Is why we have got this bill. because thlis bill Is going to move from an overall refusal rate to an overstay rats. It is a much more realistic measure of what we should be determining. which countries make it into the visa waiver program versus which countries do not. So. Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Texas himself is admitting that. well. it needs to comply with the standard. but then lie is also saying that standard Is no good anymore. That Is exactly outl point. The Idea behind tils. if I might say so. is Portugal and Greece are two of our closest allies. and the fact of the mattl.r Is if we want to look at indices. and t.he gentlemain fron Texa. has cited a few indices over there but I would be happy to cite some on our side. ihe fact. of the tatter is that between 1992 and 1996. illegal immigration. so to speak. fron Portaugal was on the decreaee. 1 (in not know where the gentleman gel. his statistics. but I beg to differ. Let. us call a truce. because the INS Is giving the gentleman a set. of s.atlstics and they are giving us another set. But. let us look at the objective facts.
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