Testimony of Barbara Jordan,Chair, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee
on Immigration and Claims February 24, 1995 Mr. Chairman, members of the Subcommittee, let me express my gratitude to you for the opportunity to report to
you on
the progress of the work of the bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform. In our First Interim Report to Congress, U.S. Immigration Policy: Restoring
Credibility,
presented to Congress September 30, 1994, this Commission undertook to recommend a comprehensive strategy for controlling illegal immigration. The
comprehensive approach we outlined has eight parts. First, we set forth principles.
