What the House had done this week. starting on Monday. is to proceed through employer sanctions. There were 20 amendments in that section. And. of course. the House eventually voted to have employer sanction legislation in this immigration bill. The House then went to the question of asylum and adjudication. That deals with the people here seeking refuge from persecution at home. Amendments 21 through 29 were disposed of in that section. Now in our bill have an asylum section. which makes the process better and more fair and more objective for those who are seeking asylum in this country. The House then turned its attention to what we called legal immigration. and we disposed of amendments 30 to 35. I think it is very important to note that we supported the position of the gentleman from New Jersey. our distinguished chairman. and we rejected the effort to put a cap on legal immigration. we rejected the effort to change family preference categories. What the House did in this activity. Mr. Chairman. is to endorse the work the gentleman has done during his distinguished career in this House and to say that the problem. if there is a problem. resides with illegal immigration. not with legal immigration. Then the House turned its attention yesterday. as we very well know. to the section on what we call H2. the temporary worker programs. We had any number of amendments and we debated the entire day.
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