EXAMINING THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES OF THE IMMIGRATION AND

NATURALIZATION SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO THE NATURALIZATION
PROCESS

OCTOBER 9 AND 22, 1996

Serial No. J-104-102

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama HANK BROWN, Colorado

PAUL SIMON, Illinois FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee

HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin JON KYL, Arizona

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California MIKE DEWINE, Ohio

RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin
SPENCER ABRAHAM, Michigan

MARK R. DISLER, Chief Counsel
MANUS COONEY, Staff Director and Senior Counsel

CYNTHIA C. HOGAN, Minority Chief Counsel

KAREN A. ROBB, Minority Staff Director

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming, Chairman CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts JON KYL, Arizona

PAUL SIMON, Illinois
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
DICK DAY, Chief Counsel
MICHAEL MYERS, Minority Special Counsel

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Simpson, Hon. Alan K., U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming

Simon, Hon. Paul, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

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OCTOBER 9, 1996

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs, Im-

migration and Naturalization Service, Washington, DC; accompanied by

Don Crocetti, Associate Commissioner for Examinations, Immigration and

Naturalization Service; and David Rosenberg, Director, Citizenship USA,

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Panel consisting of Paul W. Roberts, chief executive officer, Naturalization

Assistance Services, Inc., Lakeland, FL; and Richard Krieger, vice presi-

dent, Marich Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD.

Panel consisting of Michael J. Feuer, director, Board of Testing and Assess-

ment, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; and Bert F. Green,

Jr., professor of psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Panel consisting of Rosemary Jenks, director of policy analysis, Center for

Immigration Studies, Washington, DC; and Kathi Flynn, immigration su-

pervisor, International Institute of Lowell, Lowell, MA

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Panel consisting of John Fonte, visiting scholar, American Enterprise Insti-

tute; Lawrence Harrison, professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;

and Douglas Klusmeyer, editor, Stanford Humanities Review

Panel consisting of Georgie Anne Geyer, syndicated columnist and author

of Americans No More: The Death of Citizenship; Dan Stein, executive

director, Federation for American Immigration Reform; and Raul Yzaguirre,

president, National Council of La Raza

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