Similarly. Customs inspectors must also be increased at the land borders by not less than 150 fulltime persons in each fiscal year. 20002002. and the Customs inspectors in each year must be evenly assigned to the northern and southern borders. Section 110 of the 1996 Immigration Reform Act mandated that an automated entryexit system be established that would allow INS officers to match the entrance date with exit dates of legally admitted aliens. Congress included this section at the last minute during the HouseSenate conference with the intent of solving the problem of overstaying visa holdersaliens who enter the United States legally but overstay their allotted time. Because the U.S. does not have a departure management system to track who leaves the United States. a new entryexit system was thought to be the best vehicle to solve the problem. In the rush to complete the bill before the end of the fiscal year on September 30. 1996. conferees did not have time to give this provision the scrutiny it deserves. Any attempt to install a documentation system will bring intolerable chaos and congestion to a system already strained. As representative of the 29th district of New York. I have a particular interest in the problem of delays and congestion at our northern border crossings. My district. which includes Buffalo and Niagara Falls. has more crossings than any other district along the border. In a relatively small area. we boast four highway bridges and two railroad bridges.
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