Another amendment I may offer would prohibit legal services from being provided to any alien who is applying for political asylum. which is prohibited under present law. but would be allowed under the proposed appropriation language. There are thousands of aliens here illegally today who are using every device available to them to try to stay in this country. including applications for political asylum. even though the vast majority have no foundaiton for such a claim. Whatever ones view with regard to the right of such illegal aliens seeking political asylum. the task of representation should not be given to the already strapped Legal Services Corporation. With limited resources available to provide services to the poor who are American citizens. we certainly should not be charging the Legal Services Corporation with the duty to represent the thousands of illegal aliens who are now or may in the future be applying for political asylum. If there is a need for attorney representation. which the government should provide. then let us address that issue and provide the necessary resources directly to the problem rather than further spreading the limited resources that we provide to our poor citizens for legal services. As I said earlier an amendment may be offered by the gentleman from California to maintain the presently existing restrictions on the Corporation preventing lobbying of Federal.
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Illegal aliens are using every device available to them to stay in the country, even though the vast majority have no foundation for such a claim.