TITLE

Statement on 1997 appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service

AUTHOR(S)

Clinton, William J.

PUB. DATE

January 1997

SOURCE

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;1/20/97, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p47

SOURCE TYPE

Government Document

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents the statement of the President of the United States on the appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) given on January 14, 1997. Growth of INS funding since 1993; Control of borders; Commitment to an immigration policy cognizant of the value of legal immigration and focused on efforts to restrict illegal immigration.

ACCESSION #

9702244021

Tags: UNITED States. Immigration & Naturalization Service -- Appropriations & expenditures;  UNITED States -- Emigration & immigration

 

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