[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 48 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  INS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, over the past 8 months, the 
American people have heard horror stories about the inefficiencies and 
inadequacies of the INS. I am afraid we have only seen the tip of the 
iceberg. Something has to be done, and it needs to be done now.
  First and foremost, we must remember that immigration to America is 
not a right, it is a privilege. We must ensure that our government is 
doing everything it can to make the system run more efficiently and 
protect our people. We can no longer allow people who respect our laws 
to fall to the back of the line while those who neglect laws fall 
through the cracks.
  The INS is one bureaucratic blunder after the next, and I fear what 
that means for the American people. We must be fair, and laws must be 
followed.
  In short, when it comes to the INS, those who follow the law should 
be rewarded; those who break the law should be deported.




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