Speech #970274906

I have reservations about particular parts of the bill. However. we cannot afford to wait longer to make this bill all things to all people. Our expanding frontier is goneAmerican is no longer expanding its borders with the ability to allow an endless flow of immigrants. We must close our borders and we must regulate the flow of aliens into the United States with integrity. There are many parts of the bill which are widely supported. I support penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. user fees for services provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. streamlining the asylum process so that once a fair determination is made it cannot be endlessly appealed. not allowing foreign students or visitors who abuse their terms of entry to remain in the Unites States. and insuring that temporary foreign workers be hired only if there are no American workers available. As many of my colleagues. I have reservations about the limited amnesty provisiongranting temporary or permanent residence to those aliens who have been here 3 to 6 years.