Speech #820169938

Of course. that is not in this bill. The reason I asked the gentleman to yield was that I would like to ask a question of the gentleman from California. What he is worried aboutis that provision with respect to reasonable cause to believe that a person is an illegal entrant recently come to the United States. and he is wondering whether or not the fact that a person does not speak Spanish would be considered as reasonable grounds to believe that he was such an illegal alien coming into the United States within 3 years. My answer would be no. because there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of American citizens of Spanish descent who cannot speak English. and therefore no court would hold that the mere fact that a person does not speak English and speaks only Spanish would be reasonable grounds to make him believe and to charge him with notice that the person in question was not an American citizen. So you do not have to worry about that part of it.