[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S2572]
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                              ARTURO HALE

 Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, one of my duties as ranking member 
of the Senate Judiciary Committee is oversight of Immigration and 
Naturalization policy. It is a role to which I give the highest 
importance. My own grandparents came to the United States from Italy 
and Ireland for a better life.
  I am pleased that on April 9 we will welcome another new citizen. 
Arturo Hale came to the United States from Mexico to attend the 
University of Minnesota, where he earned a doctorate in chemical 
engineering. He now works at Bell Laboratories, conducting research on 
optical fibers. I have had the pleasure of meeting Arturo on a few 
occasions. He has contributed to our Nation not only as a researcher 
and taxpayer, but as a caring, involved resident. He has shown that he 
accepts all the responsibilities of a citizen, and I am proud that he 
will now have the rights of a citizen as well.
  On behalf of the Senate, I would like to welcome Arturo Hale as a 
citizen of the United States.

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