Unless you understand the poverty of the Caribbean. the poverty south of our border. then you will never understand the reasons why people come here. No different than the famine in Ireland and at the turn of the century when many millions of people came here. no different than the problems of the Mediterranean countries or some of the other European countries. no different. And today in the year 1984. the immigration that is coming in. the people who are coming in are just a drop in the bucket compared to those who came in at the turn of the century. And I would close by saying that the President did not have a slip of the tongue. he was very specific. he said. "And I think the thing that should be of the greatest appeal to them." meaning those of us who are noncitizens "is the very generous amnesty that goes all the way up to 1982. we are ready to give these people permanent residency." I did not say that. the President of the United States said that.
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