[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 100 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BY ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PRODUCE RESULTS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the suspect for the heinous 
railroad killings has been caught. Resendez-Ramirez turned himself in 
to the INS installation in El Paso.
  Let me applaud the collaboration of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, with Don Clark leading the effort in Houston, Texas, 
along with U.S. Marshal Contreras, the Texas Rangers, and, of course, 
the INS. Collaboration among law enforcement agencies is extremely 
important.
  It is extremely important to recognize that while this alleged 
perpetrator and killer will probably be indicted for murder, he is not 
representative of the hard-working, taxpaying immigrants who live in 
our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, I wanted to acknowledge the importance of collaboration 
between our law enforcement entities and to encourage the continuation 
of such collaboration which will, hopefully, correct the initial 
problem that allowed this gentleman, this person, to get away after 
crossing the border. We must fight illegal immigration but we must 
recognize the value of those hard-working immigrants.
  I want to applaud again the collaborative work of our law enforcement 
agencies for a job well done.

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