And the 40.000 people who would be admitted under this bill will not anywhere near clean up the backlog. or the potential backlog. at least. which exists. So it seems fair. if you are going to give this relief. to do something at the same time to keep it from recurring. This particular amendment is recommended as law. not necessarily as part of this bill. but as a part of an overhauling of the immigration laws. by the Immigration Department. and it is included in an overhauling bill of which my distinguished colleague. the chairman of the subcommittee. the gentleman from New Jersey is the author. So it is not a measure which I have dreamed up. It is a wellconsidered measure. And the distinguished gentleman from New Jerseyand I will be glad to yield to the gentleman in just one momentcontends. as I understand himand I will give him a chance to speak for himselfthat this type of reform should wait on an overall reform of the immigration law. My answer to that is that if we are going to get special legislation to clean up the backlog it is perfectly legitimate and reasonable at the same time to legislate on the special point of keeping the backlog from recurring.
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