Speaker. I congratulate the gentleman from Kentucky for his leadership in producing this significant legislation. I am pleased to serve today as a cosponsor of this measure which makes major reforms in our immigratlon law. Its introduction today represents a significant step in our national effort to address a critical issue facing the United Statesour lack of control over immigration. Last year. the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy issued its report to the Presidemt and Congress. I had the opportunity. together with a number of colleagues on the Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate. to participate actively in the Commissions deliberations and to Join in many of its recommendations. More recently the new administration prepared the Omnibus Immigration Control Acta bill designed primarily to address the problem of aliens entering the United States illegally. The bill we Introduce today builds upon the work of the Select Commission and the administrationand incorporates insights based on months of public hearings by the Immigration Subcommittees of the House and Senate. This legislative proposal. aptly described by Senator SIMPSON as the "core bill." focuses on the most urgently needed reforms in immigration law. Its enactment by this Congress will give our country the tools both to control projected increases in numbers of persons entering the United States through legal means and to deter widespread illegal entry. This bill recognizes that the attraction of employment in the United States serves as a magnet to illegal entry.
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