[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4560-S4561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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    THE IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1966

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                 GRAMM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3948

  Mr. SIMPSON (for Mr. Gramm for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. 
Domenici) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 3743 proposed by Mr. 
Simpson to the bill (S. 1664) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to increase control over immigration to the United States by 
increasing border patrol and investigative personnel and detention 
facilities, improving the system used by employers to verify 
citizenship or work-authorized alien status, increasing penalties for 
alien smuggling and document fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, 
and deportation law and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by 
aliens; and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:

     ``SEC.   . FINDINGS RELATED TO THE ROLE OF INTERIOR BORDER 
                   PATROL STATIONS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Immigration and Naturalization Service has drafted 
     a preliminary plan for the removal of 200 Border Patrol 
     agents from interior stations and the transfer of these 
     agents to the Southwest border.
       (2) The INS has stated that it intends to carry out this 
     transfer without disrupting service and support to the 
     communities in which interior stations are located.
       (3) Briefings conducted by INS personnel in communities 
     with interior Border Patrol

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     stations have revealed that Border Patrol agents at interior 
     stations, particularly those located in Southwest border 
     States, perform valuable law enforcement functions that 
     cannot be performed by other INS personnel.
       (4) The transfer of 200 Border Patrol agents from interior 
     stations to the Southwest border, which would not increase 
     the total number of law enforcement personnel at INS, would 
     cost the federal government approximately $12,000,000.
       (5) The cost to the federal government of hiring new 
     criminal investigators and other personnel for interior 
     stations is likely to be greater than the cost of retaining 
     Border Patrol agents at interior stations.
       (6) The first recommendations of the report by the National 
     Task Force on Immigration was to increase the number of 
     Border Patrol agents at the interior stations.
       (7) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that--
       (A) the U.S. Border Patrol plays a key role in apprehending 
     and deporting undocumented aliens throughout the United 
     States;
       (B) interior Border Patrol stations play a unique and 
     critical role in the agency's enforcement mission and serve 
     as an invaluable second line of defense in controlling 
     illegal immigration and its penetration to the interior of 
     our country;
       (C) a permanent redeployment of Border Patrol agents from 
     interior stations is not the most cost-effective way to meet 
     enforcement needs along the Southwest border, and should only 
     be done where new Border Patrol agents cannot practicably be 
     assigned to meet enforcement needs along the Southwest 
     border; and
       (D) the INS should hire, train and assign new staff based 
     on a strong Border Patrol presence both on the Southwest 
     border and in interior stations that support border 
     enforcement.
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                        BRYAN AMENDMENT NO. 3949

  Mr. KENNEDY (for Mr. Bryan) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 
3743 proposed by Mr. Simpson to the bill S. 1664, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the matter proposed to be 
     inserted by the amendment, insert the following:

     SEC.   . EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ALIENS FROM FAMILY UNITY 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 301(e) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (8 U.S.C. 
     1255a note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(e) Exception for Certain Aliens.--An alien is not 
     eligible for a new grant or extension of benefits of this 
     section if the Attorney General finds that the alien--
       ``(1) has been convicted of a felony or 3 or more 
     misdemeanors in the United States,
       ``(2) is described in section 243(h)(2) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act, or
       ``(3) has committed an act of juvenile delinquency which if 
     committed by an adult would be classified as--
       ``(A) a felony crime of violence that has an element the 
     use or attempted use of physical force against the person of 
     another; or
       ``(B) a felony offense that by its nature involves a 
     substantial risk that physical force against the person of 
     another may be used in the course of committing the 
     offense.''.
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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 3950

  Mr. KENNEDY (for Mrs. Hutchison) proposed an amendment to amendment 
No. 3743 proposed by Mr. Simpson to the bill S. 1664, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:
       Sec.   .--The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall, 
     when redeploying Border Patrol personnel from interior 
     stations, coordinate with and act in conjunction with State 
     and local law enforcement agencies to ensure that such 
     deployment does not degrade or compromise the law enforcement 
     capabilities and functions currently performed at interior 
     Border Patrol stations.

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