Mr. Speaker. I take this time to advise my colleagues in the House of the fact that the Immigration Subcommittee last week reported unanimously a bill to reform the immigration laws of this Nation. The laws. as the Members know. have totally failed. We have reached the point in America where immigration is totally out of control. I would like to assure the Members of the House that a "Dear Colleague" letter which has reached them as of today. indicating that groups in this House very much oppose the revision of the immigration bill because it constitutes a retreat from civil rights. I assure my colleagues that those who say that this bill is a retreat from civil rights have not really studied the bill carefully. because the bill which the subcommittee has put together and reported unanimously is a bill which insures the civil rights of all of the people in America. the people who are here with citizenship and people who are here without documentation. We will. as members of the subcommittee. send forth information to advise the Members thoroughly about the provisions of our bill. It is a good bill. It is a workable bill. It is a humane bill. and I would ask my colleagues to support the immigration control and reform bill. when it reaches the floor of the House of Representatives.
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