University of Pennsylvania study. the Urban Institute study. or the statement from Ray Marshall. former Secretary of Labor. there is going to be some displacement. It does not matter how you cut it. there is going to be some displacement of American jobs. Another thing we have to look at is the Immigration Service. I guess of all agencies that we deal with. we get more complaints because in your district offices. people always complain that it is almost impossible to get a passport on time. it is almost impossible to find out some immigration problem without a long delay. The INS is underfunded as it is. and they do a pretty good job under the circumstances. but you get more complaints on their being slow than on any other thing. If you ask INS to take up these extra burdens. I guarantee you there is no way that they can take care of the functions that they will need to take care of. much less secure the borders. I think that is something that we have to look at. Also. it has been said there are 6 to 12 million illegal aliens in this country. And let us say that maybe 1 million decide that they want to become permanent citizens. or 2 million. How many American citizens are going to be dropped out of the job market because of that? How many citizens of this country will lose their jobs to illegal aliens? That is what you have got to think about. The other thing is that if you go home and talk to the people in your district. amnesty is not favored by the people back home. The last thing I would point out is. I have sympathy and I have compassion for the illegal aliens that are here. we all do. but our first duty and our first obligation belongs to the people that we represent that are American citizens. It is a jobs issue. I hope the Members will consider that when we vote on this. I hope the Members will vote against the Lungren amendment. as well as the other amendments. and vote for the McCollum amendment to stop blanket amnesty for illegal aliens.
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