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GEORGE W. BUSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO SPLIT INS IN TWO
Speaking before the annual national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said that if elected he would seek to split the INS into two agencies, one dedicated to immigration enforcement, the other to providing services to legal immigrants.  The new agencies would not be cabinet level, but would still be within the Justice Department.  The head of each agency would report to a newly created assistant attorney general for immigration affairs. 
Bush also stated that he would seek a change in current policy that makes it very difficult for family members from abroad to visit relatives who are permanent residents of the US.  During his speech he said that “if we are a nation that believes in family values, we need to help husbands and wives and children of permanent residents be allowed to visit while the INS is handling their paperwork.” 
Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore also addressed the convention this week.  Gore opposes the plan to split the INS in two, and has long supported the Clinton administration proposal to overhaul the agency without dismembering it. 
 
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