Such measures are to my mind. harsh and vindictive. In addition. they create the risk of institutionalizing a new American underclass. with no stake in society. and whose survival itself would ultimately depend on a life of successful circumvention of the law. From purely a practical point of view. with the cost of a single appre. hension and deportation averaging several thousand dollars. such a policy would be prohibitively expensive and largely unenforceable. Though less draconian in degree. the amendment of the Senator from Iowa. which I opposed but the Senate adopted. runs those same risks by moving the effective dates for permanent and temporary resident status back. respectively. to January 1. 1977 and January 1. 1980. I hope that the original S. 2222 provisions will ultimately be enacted into law.
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