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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, May 15, 1995 Volume 31ÐNumber 19 Pages 777±819 1 VerDate 19-JAN-98 07:56 Jan 20, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P19MY4.000 p19my4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Joint Statements American Israel Public Affairs Committee Russia-United States joint statements Policy ConferenceÐ778 Economic Reform, Trade, and Antiterrorism legislationÐ789 InvestmentÐ801 Radio addressÐ777 European SecurityÐ799 Russia Missile SystemsÐ799 Central Museum for the Great Patriotic NonproliferationÐ800 War in MoscowÐ791 Transparency and Irreversibility of the Moscow State UniversityÐ804 Process of Reducing Nuclear WeaponsÐ Ukraine 803 Arrival in KievÐ810 Babi Yar Menorah Memorial in KievÐ814 Meetings With Foreign Leaders Schevchenko University in KievÐ815 Russia, President YeltsinÐ792, 799, 800, 801, Virginia, 50th anniversary of V±E Day in 803 ArlingtonÐ787 Ukraine, President KuchmaÐ810 Communications to Congress Proclamations Democracy promotion programs, letter transmitting reportÐ814 Mother's DayÐ812 ``Gun-Free School Zones Amendments Act of National Safe Boating WeekÐ812 1995,'' message transmittingÐ809 Hungary-U.S. extradition treaty, message Statements by the President transmittingÐ790 Japan, tradeÐ809 Iran, letterÐ786 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extensionÐ Nuclear safety convention, message 811 transmittingÐ813 Senate confirmation of John Deutch as Executive Orders Director of Central IntelligenceÐ792 Welfare reform initiatives in DelawareÐ790 Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to IranÐ784 Supplementary Materials Interviews With the News Media Acts approved by the PresidentÐ819 Exchanges with reporters in Moscow, Checklist of White House press releasesÐ818 RussiaÐ792, 810 Digest of other White House News conference with President Yeltsin of announcementsÐ817 Russia in Moscow, May 10 (No. 95)Ð792 Nominations submitted to the SenateÐ818 Editor's Note: The President was in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 12, the closing date of this issue. 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Ch. 15), under ments. 2 VerDate 19-JAN-98 07:56 Jan 20, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 W:\DISC\P19MY4.000 p19my4 Week Ending Friday, May 12, 1995 The President's Radio Address Let me talk a little bit about two or three of these issues. First of all, on strengthening May 6, 1995 border control: For 2 years, we've been work- Good morning. This morning I want to talk ing very, very hard to strengthen our borders. We've put the best American technology to with you about the problem of illegal immi- work at our borders. We've added a lot of gration. It's a problem our administration in- border patrol agents, 350 last year, 700 this herited, and it's a very serious one. It costs year. We're going to add at least another 700 the taxpayers of the United States a lot of next year. money, and it's unfair to Americans who are In El Paso, our border guards stand so working every day to pay their own bills. It's close together they can actually see each also unfair to a lot of people who have waited other. They maintain a sealed border in what in line for years and years in other countries used to be the biggest route into America to be legal immigrants. for illegal aliens. We're extending this cov- Our Nation was built by immigrants. Peo- erage to other sectors of the borders. We'll ple from every region of the world have made increase border control by 51 percent this lasting and important contributions to our so- year over 1993 and by 60 percent along the ciety. We support legal immigration. In fact, southwest border. That's pretty good for just we're doing what we can to speed up the 3 years. process for people who do apply for citizen- We're also helping States to remove illegal ship when they're here legally. But we won't aliens who are criminals, and I want to talk tolerate immigration by people whose first more about that in a moment. But focus on act is to break the law as they enter our coun- this: Right now we're deporting 110 illegal try. We must continue to do everything we aliens everyday. That's almost 40,000 a year. can to strengthen our borders, enforce our And we're going to do even better. laws, and remove illegal aliens from our Now, let me talk a little bit about increas- country. ing deportations. Our plan will triple the As I said in my State of the Union Address, number of criminal and other deportable we are a nation of immigrants, but we're also aliens deported since 1993. We want to focus a nation of laws. And it is wrong and ulti- on the criminal population or on those who mately self-defeating for a nation of immi- are charged with crimes but who are here grants to permit the kind of abuse of our illegally. Everyday illegal aliens show up in immigration laws we have seen in recent court who are charged. Some are guilty, and years. surely, some are innocent. Some go to jail, This week, I sent strong legislation to Con- and some don't. But they're all illegal aliens, gress to try to stop those abuses, to secure and whether they're innocent or guilty of the our borders in the future, and to speed up crime they're charged with in court, they're deportation of illegal immigrants. still here illegally and they should be sent Our immigration policy is focused in four out of the country. areas: first, strengthening border control; If they're sentenced to jail, they should go second, protecting American jobs by enforc- to jail. But then after their term is over, they ing laws against illegal immigrants at the should be removed from the United States. workplace; third, deporting criminal and de- And when there is a plea bargain, I want de- portable aliens; fourth, giving assistance to portation to be part of the deal. We've been States who need it and denying illegal aliens doing this now in southern California, and benefits for public services or welfare. just in southern California, under this provi- 777 VerDate 19-JAN-98 08:09 Jan 20, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P19MY4.008 p19my4 778 May 6 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995 sion, we're going to send out 800 to 1,000 ter] You're not supposed to clap for that. illegal immigrants this year. It simply doesn't [Laughter] make any sense for us to have illegal aliens Thank you, Steve, for that wonderful intro- in our custody, in our courts, and then let duction and for your leadership. Mr. Prime them go back to living here illegally. That's Minister, Ambassador Rabinovich, the Israeli wrong, and we should stop it. Minister of Health, Larry Weinberg and Les- Now, in addition to strengthening the bor- ter Pollack and Neal Sher and members of der patrol, deporting more aliens who are our administration who are here, Mr. Lake part of our court system, and really cracking and Ambassador Indyk, Secretary Glickman. down on inspection at the work site in Amer- I can't help pointing out that we have been ica, we have to face the fact that we've got a country now for a very long time, and the another big problem, and that is the backlog. Jewish people have a special relationship There is actually a backlog in the deportation with the soil. Dan Glickman is the first Jew- of illegal aliens of over 100,000. That's ish-American Secretary of Agriculture in the 100,000 people we have identified who are history of the Republic. I'm also delighted still awaiting the completion of their deporta- to see one of the best friends Israel has in tion hearings. I have instructed the Justice the United States, Senator Frank Lauten- Department to get rid of this backlog. If it berg, out there in the audience. It's good to takes extra judges, we'll ask Congress for the see you, Senator. money to get them. We cannot justify con- I'm delighted to be here tonight among tinuing to have this large number of illegal so many familiar faces and to have Steve re- aliens in our country simply because our mind me of that remarkable occasion I had court system won't process them.