As the Senator from North Carolina is aware. the whole issue of undocumented workers. illegal aliens. and immigration is a subject in which the Senator from New Mexico has been and is very actively involved. I sponsored and introduced with numerous colleagues S. 1427 which is an attempt to get to part of the basic problem. that is. the Mexican migrant worker who enters this country now illegally. My concern is that the Senate has so far avoided coming to grips with this whole problem of the legal status of various individuals who are in our country. whether they are political refugees or economic refugees. and I think that is an important distinction to make. or whether in some cases they are students who are here either illegally or who have overstayed their assigned time. My concern. and the reason that I think the suggestion of the Senator from Wisconsin is a good one. is that this amendment is very valuable because it helps to increase that pressure on this body to do something about this issue. We cannot get the Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on that particular bill or subject.
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