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But I really believe that this amendment is outside of the basic scope of S. 2222 because. rather than focusing on control and reform. we are focusing on the issue of providing a service. Further. S. 2222 provides for the control of future illegal immigration and channels the current population of undocumented aliens into legal status. It would be counter. I think. to the intent of this legislation to begin authorizing Federal funds for services for illegal. immigrants. We handled that in the Grassley amendment with regard to block grants. We sincerely believe that future illegal immigration will be drastically curtailed through the adoption of employer sanctions and the universal verifier. As I say. we have provided these block grants to meet the basic subsistence programs provided to legalized aliens by States and counties. We have tried to assure that this is not a bill involved with expenditures. except for those that are absolutely necessary to meet the needs of control. Therefore. I resist the amendment. but assure the Senator from California that we will have hearings on this issue because certainly it does have to do with the issue of immigration. and the subcommittee is the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. We will have hearings on this issue and address not only the issueaddressed by this amendment. but also the amendment of Senator TowER. which will be presented in several minutes. and also the amendment of Senator HELMs. which we will again address in a few moments. All three of those amendments will be addressed in hearings of the subcommittee because they are indeed critically important.