I do not think we can accord people that basic right of human dignity without using good commonsense. I know the INS officers have a difficult job and I would not burden the Senate with the experience that I had as a young boy with my family. but it appears to me that there is a propensity for some kind of hysteriathe Senator mentioned itin the community of Hispanics. I think sometimes the Immigration officials act as if they are hysterical. They frequently do things that. with the Senators language in mind. in retrospect. they conclude did not evidence common ordinary sense in dealing with people. I commend the Senator for good language. I think we ought to make it eminently clear that we do not think these problems are all going to go away because we pass this bill. Even if this bill is going to be everything everybody says it is going to be. we are still going to have illegal aliens. We are going to have them here for a long time. We are going to have large numbers of them. They may not even sign up for either the permanent or the temporary designation and may thus remain illegal aliens. History indicates when you have one of these kinds of programs. illegal aliens are fearful to sign up. They are afraid of the Immigration officials. We are going to have them here and they will not even prove they qualify. History in other countries such as Belgium.
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There is a propensity for some kind of hysteria in the community of Hispanics.