[Congressional Record: November 8, 2001 (House)]
[Page H7915]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr08no01-87]
DEFERRED INSPECTION PROCESS IS FLAWED
(Mr. DEAL of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. DEAL of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, each year some 75 million
individuals enter the United States and are inspected at our major
airports. It is estimated that about 10,000 of these have inadequate
documents to justify their existence in this country, but are allowed
to enter anyway under a deferred system in which they are asked to
report back.
Recently, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice issued a
report from which I will quote the executive summary: ``We found that
nearly 11 percent of individuals paroled into the country under the
deferred inspections process failed to appear for the completion of
their inspection.'' That would mean some 979 individuals did not appear
for their deferred inspections. It continues: ``This is a conservative
estimate, however, based upon the fact that we were unable to determine
the outcome of 20 percent of the cases selected due to inadequate
records.''
They give the statistics, and they say the importance of follow-up
action is evidenced by the results of our analysis which revealed that
among those who failed to appear, INS inspectors identified over 50
percent as either having criminal records or immigration violations at
the time of entry. They also point out that nine committed serious
aggravated felonies after they were paroled into our country. They
point out that the INS continues to use this faulty information.
Mr. President, you will be in my State tonight to reassure the
Nation. To make us feel secure, do something about the fiasco that
exists in the INS.
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