US House committee votes to abolish immigration agency

[Lutfi M. Hussein]

1. House committee votes to abolish immigration agency
By Michael Posner, National Journal News Service

The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to replace the beleaguered
Immigration and Naturalization Service with two new Justice Department

bureaus.

The often-feuding panel joined in an unusual show of bipartisanship by
voting 32-2 to approve H.R. 3231, abolishing the agency whose longtime
administrative and enforcement problems were underscored by the Sept. 11
suicide skyjackings.

The INS' final straw came last month when the agency sent student-visa
renewal notices to two hijackers who died on Sept. 11.

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