H7846 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 6, 2001 least questionable method of border se- stay without going through the process am speaking of the Santa Barbara curity where people actually look at of being reviewed in their country of area, big oak trees draped with Spanish lines, and this happens, Mr. Speaker. origin so we will not know whether or moss, and a legacy and a tradition of People will actually view which line is not they have a criminal background the Old West, a tradition that was being monitored, and this is coming or whether or not they are connected started with the founding of the mis- across the border now, which line is with any sort of agency that will bring sions along the California coastline. being monitored by border patrol and harm to the United States. That is There are not a lot of great Western which line is being monitored by any what we are going to be facing. families left in southern California be- other agency. Customs in this case in If people are willing to help us, we cause we have urbanized enormously; particular, because of course Customs encourage them to go to that Web site, but there are still a few, and Jerry Wil- has certain regulations that they have [email protected]. We liams was one of those great Western to follow and Border Patrol has others. need the help of everyone on this issue. ranchers. He represented a hospitality, Border Patrol does not look in certain It is the only way we will improve the a big heart, a sense of giving, a sense of places where Customs will look. If you whole procedure of immigration. It is community, that is now more rare in are trying to smuggle drugs in, you the only way we will reform immigra- the West than it was 20 or 30 years ago. will come in via one line; and if you are tion and the only way we will be able I got to know him by knowing his smuggling people, you will come via to sleep easier at night, and that is sons, Rodney and J.P. Williams, and the other. That happens. It is incred- what we are seeking here. It is far their families, and their good neighbor, ible, but it is true. It is because we more important in my mind and in the John Wiester and his wonderful wife. have this mish-mash of responsibil- mind of most people than who pays the The Santa Ynez Valley has a spirit of ities. salary, than the person who looks hospitality, just inland from Santa Trying to actually change all that, through the screening device at the Barbara 15 or 20 miles with one coastal reform the system, this is our greatest airport. range between the valley and the Pa- cific Ocean. opportunity, Mr. Speaker. This is the f greatest opportunity we have ever had President Ronald Reagan found that to reform immigration; but I fear that TRIBUTE TO JERRY WILLIAMS area to be the area that he wanted to the lethargy, the inertia is so strong AND REPRESENTATIVE BOB DOR- locate in and he put his house on top of that mountain range about 10 miles or and the political obstacles to overcome NAN so from the Pacific Ocean. are so great. We fear the political The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. But that was the world of Jerry Wil- SHUSTER). Under the Speaker’s an- ramifications of immigration control, liams. He was a rancher. He was a both Republicans and Democrats. nounced policy of January 3, 2001, the gentleman from California (Mr. farmer. He was a businessman Those ramifications are significant, extraordinare. Jerry gave of himself to but none more so than the potential HUNTER) is recognized for 60 minutes. Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I con- his community during his entire life. safety of the Nation. He and his wife, Nancy, lived in the We have asked, this is our e-mail ad- gratulate the gentleman from Colorado Santa Ynez Valley for 40 years. Wild dress and if Americans want to get in (Mr. TANCREDO) for his very excellent Turkeys flew overhead, and they had a touch, we have encouraged them to statement about the state of the coun- pet raccoon or two. They had a wonder write [email protected] try with respect to control of our bor- ders and the important need to hesi- world for their grandchildren, and I for more information about immigra- could see this was a Western family tate at this point in our history and tion reform and for us to be in commu- that really cared about family. put together a strategy that allows us nication with people when there are Jerry Williams was a member of the important bills coming up in the Con- to control our borders and to get a han- Santa Barbara Cattlemen’s Associa- gress that they should be aware of and dle on immigration, and on all of the tion; the Santa Barbara Fiesta Days is that we can request their help. people who have come into this coun- an event that we all remember. For 10 This is the only way that this will try legally but stayed beyond their years he was a member of the board of happen, the only way any of the re- legal limit and apparently did not care. that wonderful event until for the last forms will be accomplished is if there I would hope to work with the gen- 10 years he was the chairman of that is a huge outcry, to both Senate and tleman and lots of others in the House particular board. This was a guy who Members of the House, to please, please over the next several months and try represented a lot of California that do something more than just give lip to get our arms around this important many of us knew and loved and would service to immigration reform. Please issue. I thank my colleague for his like to see return. It is the California develop true immigration reform pro- statement. of graciousness and hospitality and posals, put them in front of the Presi- Mr. Speaker, on 9–14, just a couple of goodness and people who make busi- dent for him to sign. days after the tragic occurrence that ness deals by shaking your hand, not We are going to be looking at one we have been so focused on, a real by bringing in a troop of lawyers. That issue coming soon, and that is the ex- American, a great Westerner, passed was Jerry Williams. tension of 245(i). The only thing we are away. That gentleman was named Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to talk going to do is perhaps extend amnesty Jerry Williams. I knew him as Mr. Wil- about Mr. Williams a little bit and to for literally millions of people who are liams because I had a lot of respect for honor his legacy and the tradition that here illegally. That is going to be com- him and for the legacy that he rep- he has left in the California ranch ing up on the House floor. Whether it is resented. country. a part of the Commerce, State, Justice If one drives north from my district Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk appropriations bill or a freestanding in San Diego and you go past Camp about another individual. This indi- bill, that is what we are going to be Pendleton, it is the only open area be- vidual is very much alive. I thought asked to do, not throw out H–1Bs or di- tween San Diego and the greater Los about him today as I was going versity visas which give 55,000 visas to Angeles area, and you proceed north, through the New York Times and read special countries because they do not you can drive for hours without leaving the story about the defeat of Daniel Or- send us enough people, many of those the site of lots of pavement, lots of tega, who at one time was the leader of Middle Eastern countries, not to re- construction, lots of traffic and lots of communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua, duce or eliminate the number of immi- people. That is the southern California and ran for president, and for the third grants coming into the country, not that most Americans know. They see it time was defeated, this time by border security, not doing anything on television. They see it in person Enrique Balanos who is a businessman about truly trying to significantly when they fly into LAX or San Diego who was arrested a number of times, change and improve immigration at or any other metropolitan area in who always spoke out against the San- INS by creating a new agency, entirely southern California. dinistas and had much of his property new agency. None of that. But if one goes north and inland, one confiscated during the Contra wars. What we are going to be asked to do comes to a different California. It is a This race was considered to be one is to extend, for the ability of people to California of rolling foot hills, and I that would go down to the wire. Mr. VerDate 06-NOV-2001 04:36 Nov 07, 2001 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K06NO7.113 pfrm02 PsN: H06PT1 November 6, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7847 Balanos won a fairly convincing vic- He did a wonderful job as the chair- ship which happened during Afghani- tory, but it is not just the victory of man of the Personnel Subcommittee on stan and Nicaragua.