Mr. President. that is a fair resume of the issue. I think I would make one statement. that actually we do not place the cap on immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. but I do not want to get into sophistry of meaning. We do say that in this legislation we do not limit immediate relatives but we do indeed. as the Senator points out. then require offsetting reductions in what are other areas of the preference system that have to do with family reunification. But again immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. in the sense of a cap. are not within there. but. of course. those numbers are offset down in the numerically restricted preference system.
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