Mr. President. our present immigration law and enforce. ment procedures no longer serve the national interest. They no longer promote the wellbeing of the majority of the American people. Indeed. immigration to the United States is out of control. This fact is very clearly perceived not only by the American people but by people all over the world. It is my judgment that uncontrolled immigration is one of the greatest threats to the future of this country. I assure my colleagues thatwhile having Just a bit of a Western propensity to exaggeratein this instance I do not. I deeply feel that there is much to be lost through uncontrolled immigration. much potential harm to our countryto American values. traditions. institutions. and to our way of life. In contrast controlled immigration has been one of the finest traditions of our remarkable heritage. We have no desire to terminate that. Mr. President. let me present a few statistics. When I served on the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy and when I took on the task as chairman of the Subcommittee on Immig -ation and Refugee Policy. I hoped that we would never reach that point where we talked so much about "numbers." since behind every number is a very real human being. But. unfortunately. we must.
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