[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 72 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     FINISH INS REFORM LEGISLATION

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Madam Speaker, in the last several days, there has been a 
lot of finger pointing and accusations about our agencies, the FBI and 
CIA. There is no question, we will do a thorough and complete review of 
what was known and what could have been done to thwart the terrorists 
on September 11. But the kind of cynical sniping at these fine agencies 
has to stop.
  Our collective resolve against terrorism must remain united. We must 
stand beside our President and our leaders in order to extradite and 
remove these terrorists from our soil.
  I strongly support major restructuring of the INS. We have passed a 
bill in this Chamber and sent it to the other end of the hall. That 
bill languishes on the Senate desk, and I urge the majority leader to 
start proceedings to hold a hearing or at least have a vote on that 
bill.
  This past week in New York City, four Syrians arrested who had 
deportation orders against them, were released because they were not 
available to process them on Memorial Day. What a tragedy, that these 
criminals were in our country and were not sent back to their own 
native country. They had the orders. They should have been deported.
  I urge the Senate to adopt the INS reform bill and do so urgently.

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