Speech #980214600

I think it could be a killing amendment. If it is passed. it could help to kill this bill. If the delicate balance in this bill between enforcement against illegal immigration and legalization can be maintained. I intend to vote for the bill. especially if it is surrounded with adequate antidiscrimination provisions. but if we start to get into the issue of legal migration and limits. I think we are placing in jeopardy and for good reason the passage of this bill. I am opposed to it also because it is a chilling amendment. What it does is to chill for people we do not know. for numbers we do not know. the kinds of dreams upon which this country was built The gentleman from Nebraska and the gentleman from California say something like this. "Well. the other provisions in this bill portend a problem." We have the ability in this Congress to handle problems when they arise. It has also been said. "Ah. but people dont distinguish"-I did not write down the exact words. but this was the import. that people do not distinguish between legal and illegal migrants. I will yield to the gentleman and tell me what the gentleman said exactly.