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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1981 National AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT Form backlog on immigrants? It’s ‘incredible’ ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 IN. Main) and Culpepper Plaza United Press International WASHINGTON — Faced with a backlog of more than 30 million unprocessed visitors’ forms,'U.S. immigration officials say it will take until 1983 to verify who en tered or left the country in the past two years. “Thirty million? That’s incredi ble! Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., a leading congressional crusader for immigration reform, said Sunday night upon learning of the pileup. The backup affects records on roughly 20 million visitors since January 1980. Immigration and Naturalization Service officials in sist the vast majority of those per sons returned to their native lands, but admit they have no use- WHATS FOR DINNER? 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Agency officials, revealing the backlog in interviews with United Press International, put much of the blame on Milmark Service Inc., a firm they charged failed to perform under a contract calling for it to process the forms. But an officer of the Baltimore firm said Sunday that INS is trying to make Milmark the goat for its own ineptitude. Thomas Ruger, Milmark’s treasurer, said INS had a backlog of 10 million of the visi tors’ 1-94 forms before Milmark won the contract in 1980. He said the agency postponed the start of work six times while the company lost money by repe atedly hiring and then laying off the necessary personnel. When work finally began in July 1980, Milmark got just a week’s notice, couldn’t perform and lost the con tract as well .as a lot of money, he said. Robert Kane, associate INS commissioner who heads the effort to computerize the agency’s records, said the bureaucratic mess “puts the whole credibility of the system into question.’’ Hyde expressed his astonish ment at the situation. “It’s a total breakdown, he said. “My God, they’re confessing that the total system has broken down. Things like this incense people —* and they ought to in cense Congress.” Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., a member of a House subcommittee on immigration, said “the figure (of unprocessed forms) is mind- boggling.” Both Hyde and Lungren said they hope Congress will provide a funding boost to help INS do its job. However, Lungren noted that INS has been a poor example of management in the federal gov ernment. Irvin Klavan, associate INS commissioner for information ser vices, said the backlog of 1-94 forms — filed when visitors enter and leave the country — totaled more than 30 million on Sept. 30, the last official count. He said it now is probably 32 million. Klavan also said 664.000 visi tors applications for extension of their temporary visas have not been put into the INS computer, since they could not be matched to the original arrival forms. That means the INS also is crippled from monitoring those cases. “We have no idea who came, who left and, of course, who’s here,” said one disgruntled INS official, who asked to remain anonymous. However, the INS is using its own personnel to keep computer records on visits by special groups such as Iranians, who have been watched closely since the hostage crisis. Once the files began accumulat ing, an INS task force considered destroying the millions of files and starting from scratch. Klavan said the agency decided to store the data because investi gators were frequently asking for computer checks on aliens they suspected of overstaying visas, even those issued prior to 1980. On Sept. 30, immigration offi cials awarded some $2 million in contracts to three firms to resume processing the forms, giving them special training because the forms are often scrawled in foreign lan guages and hard to read. But offi cials say it will be at least January 1983 before the backlog is wiped out. MSC Building Open 7 a.m. 11 p.m. 7 a.m. 11 p.m. 7 a.m. 12 Noon 12 Noon 11 p.m. 7 a.i. 11 p.i. Tower Building Open 7 a.m. 11 p.m. 7 a.m. 6 P • m * 12 Noon 11 p.m. 7 a.n, 11 pj. Arts & Crafts 10 a.m. 5 p.m. 10 a.j, 10 p.m. Association of Former Students 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a,a. 5 p.i, Barber Shop 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.i. 5 p.i. Beauty Shop 9 a.m. 6 p.m. 9 a.i. 6 p.i. Bookstore 7:45 a.m. 5 p.m. ■ 8 a.m. 6 p.m. 7:45 a.i. 5 p.i. Bowling and Games 8 a.m. 11 p.m. • 8 a.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 p.m. 8 a.:. 11 p.i. Braley Travel 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.i 5 p.i. Browsing Library 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 10 a.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 10 p.m. 8 a.:. 10 p.i, Food Services 6:30 a.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 a.i 7 p.a, General Office 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.i. 5 p.i, MSG Guest Rooms OPEN 24 HRS OPEN 24 HRS 3L0SE 12noon 3PEN 12noon PS 24 ■ MSC Box Office 9 a.m. 5 p.m. 9 a.:. 5 d.: MSC Snackbar Basement 8 a.m. 10:30 p.m. 9 a.m. 7 p.m. 8a.:. 10:30 J P.0. Lobby OPEN 24 HRS OPEN 24 HRS OPEN 24 HRS OPEN 24 HRS OPEN 24 HRS OPEN P.0. Window * 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 10 a.m. 12 Noon 10 a.i.l I Student Finance 8 a.m. 4 p.m. 8 a.E.l 4 p.iE Student Programs 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 4 p.m. 10 p.m. 8 a.a.l 10 p.i.l Tower Dining Room 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.il 1:30 ?.:] Visitors Info. Center 8 a.m. 5 p.m. 8 a.m.-2 p.a 4 - 6 p. n 8 a. J 5 p.i, a 4 DUTY OFFICER in case of emergency: John Sodolak - 822-5810 Mail goes on despite budget problem United Press International WASHINGTON — Neither rain, snow nor budget battles will stop the U.S. mail, a spokesman said Monday. The mails are unaffected by the current budget problems in Con gress because the agency operates primarily on revenues, not appropriations, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service suiil . The spokesman said: “Were operating on revenue. We don’t go the appropriations route.” The mail will continue to go as it always has — yesterday, last week, last year, he said. The U.S. Postal Service gets about a $1.3 billion subsidy! the federal government, bn hulk of its budget — $19.4l)i comes from revenues raisd selling stamps. ■ The spokesman said tlieteT ^ subsidy is about 2 percent8»e Tex Postal Service budget. |to Ur Ighto Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Fooi Each Daily Special Only $2.19 Plus Tax. “Open Daily” Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. to 7:( MONDAY EVENING SPECIAL Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea TUESDAY EVENING \ WEDNESDAY J SPECIAL EVENING SPECIAL t( Mexican Fiesta Chicken Fried Steak k Dinner w cream Gravy k Two Cheese and Whipped Potatoes and J Onion Enchiladas Choice of one other « w chili Vegetable p Mexican Rice Roll or Corn Bread and Butte’ e Patio Style Pinto Beans Coffee or Tea a Tostadas Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter " ■ ^ his he st THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing — Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee FOR YOUR PROTECTION OUR PERSONNEL HAVE HEALTH CARDS. >ked be alwa o I an ady. irig ve FRIDAY EVENING SPECIAL BREADED FISH FILET w TARTAR SAUCE Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of one vegetable SATURDAY NOON and EVENING SPECIAL Yankee Pot Roast (Texas Salad) Mashed Potato w SUNDAY SPECIAL NOON and EVENING Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee gravy Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee ROAST TURKEY Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread - Butter Coffee or Tea Giblet Gravy And your choice of any One vegetable to I little feel it ‘Quality First”| IF U DENT NMENT M UNIVERSITY Senate Vacancies College of Agriculture — Senior College of Business — Sophomore — and At Large College of Engineering — At Large Applications are available and will be accepted in 216C MSC Nov. 19-25 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 845-3051 1= Tl W ci