IMPOTENT INS NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP
INS TO END EMPHASIS ON DEPORTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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WASHINGTON -- Finding and deporting the 5 million illegal immigrants
in America will no longer be a priority under a controversial new
federal immigration strategy that critics say is a first step toward
amnesty for aliens. "Instead of focusing on outputs, such as the total
number of illegal aliens removed from the United States, (the
Immigration and Naturalization Service) will evaluate its performance
in different terms,'' said a copy of the new policy.
Among five enforcement goals for INS, the strategy does not include
removing illegal immigrants, except those who break the law. The new
plan, written by an INS associate commissioner for policy, is to be
phased in between 1999 and 2003. The plan drew quick fire from some in
Congress.
After reviewing a copy of the strategy obtained by Scripps Howard,
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, who chairs the House subcommittee on
immigration said, "The INS, by their actions, is telling would-be
illegal aliens that if you don't get caught entering the U.S., we'll
look the other way so you can stay." "Even as INS tells Congress that
deporting illegal aliens is one of their priorities, they admit
they're doing little to remove the more than 5 million illegal aliens
who live in the U.S. permanently,'' Smith said. Officials at INS
declined requests to discuss the new strategy on Thursday and Friday.
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