Mr. President. tonight the United States Senate has prevented a disaster on the Northern border of the United States by passing S. 1360. the Border Improvement and Immigration Act of 1997. I am proud to be a cosponsor. On September 28. 1996. the Senate passed the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act. a 749page bill with twentyfour separate titles. One small section of that bill. buried deep in the text. has been the subject of much consternation in northern New York. The provision. known as Section 110. requires the Immigration and Naturalization Service to develop a system to document the entry and departure of every alien entering and leaving the United States. Contrary to Congressional intent. the legislative language does not recognize the current practice of allowing most Canadian and American nationals to cross the border without registering any documents. Such an oversight is not uncommon in this type of omnibus bill that is hurried to passage in the final days of a legislative session.
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