Speech #970255923

When we are then satisfied that we have exhausted that number. move the registry date again to say 1975 and go through the same process. Gradually bringing the date up to the relatively current date. In this way. we will have tested the adequacy of our deterrence. both by way of employer sanction and Border Patrol. Coast Guard. and a computerized Immigration Service and we will have. in an orderly process. over a period of time. gradually eliminated. without ever losing control of it. the illegal alien problem. To approach this matter any other way threatens to virtually bankrupt many States or the Federal Government which will be immediately blamed by the States for the drain on revenue available for welfare. medicaid. education. and whatnot. We are literally under the proposed bill. opening Pandoras box. Just as the Carter administration did in connection with the Cuban Marielito immigrants. when they suddenly opened the gates and were buried with 125.000 criminals. mentally disturbed people. and whatnotfar more than they were able to handle and far more than they bargained for. It Just seems to me that that mistake should be still fresh in our minds and we should get into this situation. recognizing it has be addressed. but in a way that is designed to keep it under control. To get rid of the current reservoir of illegals without inviting all the others waiting to become illegals to come in and without ever losing control of an orderly process for adjudicating the cases involved.*