I wish to congratulate the gentleman from Nebraska for his amendment. and understand completely the rationale for his decision to request in a few moments the leave to withdraw it. I think that the chairman has made a very important statement with regard to the situation. and I respect that especially because I understand his great interest and concern over family unification and the area of legal immigration. The point I want to make while the gentlemans amendment is still on the floor with him though. is the fact that notwithstanding whether we adopt legalization or not. whether it stays in the bill or not. we do have problems with the issue in the future of numbers because of the fifth preference. Because of the growing numbers of brothers and sisters. married or unmarried. and the fact is that by this growth they have begun to crowd out the seed immigrants who have no relatives here. It may be there needs to be innovative legislative efforts in this area in order to accommodate in the future for those immigrants that we always traditionally had come over here who had no relatives. who have some special skills. things to offer and so on. But because of the growth of the unmarried and married brothers and sisters and the family unification emphasis of the fifth preference. that is indeed a longterm serious problem. and while I concur in the withdrawal of the amendment today and perhaps the inappropriateness of considering it. I particularly respect the chairman and his attention to this for the future because in my district. in all of the country.
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