But I want to emphasize. I think it is better to take extra time. make sure the investigations are done. have law enforcement personnel there with the investigations to make sure no criminals or terrorists or others that would do us harm come through one of these programs. Another program is the Focus program. and that involves segregating and reviewing hundreds of pending applications for immigration benefits where there are specific concerns about potential ties to terrorists or terrorist organizations. And this gets us to what occurred in the House office buildings just the other day. I was coming to the Immigration Reform Caucus meeting anticipating hearing from a law enforcement officer at that meeting and voicing his opinions and letting us have the opportunity to ask questions about the agency and about how they handle these programs where they make decisions on permanency. residency. citizenship. and granting decisions for these persons who want to come to the United States of America. The handlers of that person would not let us ask questions. I hope that situation can be rectified and that the Immigration Reform Caucus and other members on different committees will have the opportunity to ask the questions that we want to ask. because. while illegal immigration is probably the number one problem facing the United States of America. we need to be sure that legal immigration is handled in the appropriate way and that programs like FAST and programs like Focus have the appropriate oversight and that the right questions are asked. I would like to take a few minutes now to focus on the illegal immigration problem. I want to thank. again. the gentleman from Iowa and the gentleman from Arizona for being here tonight talking about this issue. They have been in the trenches for months and years. and this problem is not getting any better.
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