Is it not even more important to try to stop some of these foreigners from trying to control our politics? I think this limitation would accomplish that purpose. One additional point I should like to mention relates to foreign citizens living in the United States as resident immigrants. My amendment would exempt foreigners with resident immigrant status from the ban on contributions by foreigners. There are many resident immigrants in the United States who have lived here for years and who spend most of their adult lives in this country. they pay American taxes and for all intents and purposes are citizens of the United States except perhaps in the strictest legal sense of the word. These individuals should not be precluded from contributing to the candidate of their choice under the limitations of $3.000 in S. 3044 as well as S. 372 which passed the Senate last summer. Let me say a word about implementation of the amendment.
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