Speech #970224394

And they create jobs. Indeed. if you look back in the history of our country. among the most creative people are those who come to our shores and seek haven in our country. One of my colleagues talked about all these folks who were out on the starting blocks about to come in. that if this billas though this bill would make a differencewere passed and if the refugees numbers were not taken as a diminution of a total of 425.000. that these people would somehow come quicker. Of course. the flow of illegal immigrants needs to be checked. It is the first duty of any country to be secure within its borders. But while that needs to be checked. that is not going to be affected by this figure. Mr. President. Illegal Immigration does not require quotas. Illegal immigration continues. The people who run these unfortunates. who charge $2.000. I heard. are going to stop if we raise or decrease quotas.