Mr. President. one of the more important issues that will come before the Senate again this year is the question of immigration reform. And once again we will be looking forward to working with our distinguished colleague from Wyoming. Senator SIMPSON. chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. in moving forward an immigration bill that will begin to deal with some of the pressing immigration problems confronting our country. I share Senator SIMPSONs view that "reform is imperative." This has been my view for many years. and the reason I joined with him and others in supporting the work of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policywhich filed its landmark report in 1981. The legislation that Senator SIMPSON introduced last year. and which the Senate adopted last August. carried forward several of the Select Commissions recommendations. Although I could not support all of the bills provisions. it was a serious effort to deal with some of the conflicting views on immigration policy and it involved some very difficult compromises. That task will be before us again. Mr. President. and I pledge my best efforts to work with Senator SIMPSONto try and work out some of the contentious issues involved in immigration reformand to be able to support the final compromise. Recently. Senator SIMPSON reviewed a number of these issues in a Foreword he wrote for the current edition of the San Diego Law Review.
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