Thomas Foley: “about 30 days ago, the INS sent a notice to a flight school that Mohammed Atta could continue training on an aircraft.…”

“about 30 days ago, the INS sent a notice to a flight school that Mohammed Atta could continue training on an aircraft. It was a big blunder, a colossal mistake, and the President described the following day that he was very mad. Thirty days later, the President and this Congress have worked on a bill to restructure the INS. It is coming to the floor today, and I want to commend the President, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner), the chairman, and all who have worked to bring this important bill to the floor today. We need to bring some credibility to this agency. We need to be fair on immigration. We need to be just. We need to operate with respect, but we also have to enforce the laws of the land. Strengthening our borders, strengthening the integrity of the system, finding those who have slipped through the cracks and have ill intent in this country, that should be our priority; not focusing on hardworking people that are here legitimately, but finding those who wrought terror on us on September 11 and seek to continue to undermine the country. This is a good bill. I urge its adoption.”