Sensenbrenner/Gekas To Hold Press Conference Tuesday
U.S. Newswire
5 Nov 2001 -- 15:40Sensenbrenner/Gekas to Hold Press Conference Tuesday on
Legislation Splitting the INS into Two Agencies
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn, 202-225-2492, both of the
House Committee on the Judiciary;
Web site: http://www.house.gov/judiciaryNews Advisory:
What: Press Conference on the introduction of INS restructuring legislation
Who: House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) and House Immigration and Claims Subcommittee Chairman George W. Gekas (R-Penn.)
When: 4 p.m. (Eastern, 1 Pacific), Tuesday, Nov. 6 [May be on C-Span -- Check schedule for updates]
Where: House Radio-TV Gallery, H-321, U.S. Capitol
Details: Tomorrow Reps. Sensenbrenner and Gekas will introduce comprehensive legislation to restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) into two separate federal agencies. One agency would have responsibility for border enforcement while the other would handle immigration services. The current INS has responsibility for both of these functions but has chronic problems carrying out either of them, leading Reps. Sensenbrenner and Gekas to call the INS "the most dysfunctional federal agency around."
In 1997 the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, headed by the late Barbara Jordan, recommended splitting the INS, concluding that the agency suffers from mission overload. The Commission found that the INS must give equal weight to more priorities than any one agency can handle, creating a system set up for failure. This finding has been confirmed in numerous reports on INS performance, and just last month the Judiciary Committee's Immigration and Claims Subcommittee held two oversight hearings that detailed the INS's continuing inability to function efficiently and effectively.
KEYWORDS:
ADVISORY, GOVERNMENT, IMMIGRATION
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