Mr. Chairman. this amendment is an attempt to create an orderly system of legalization which will be fair to the country. fair to the immigrant. and acceptable to the American public. It would combine compassion with commonsense. We have before us now three basic choices. First of all. we have the committee bill. which would automatically bring in all those who have been in the country since 1982 and make them permanent residents of the United States. At the other extreme is the McCollum approach. which would allow no legalization at all for any of those unnumbered. probably millions. who have come into this country unlawfully. seeking jobs and seeking opportunity. It would leave them in their present shadowy substatus. subject to deportation. subject to exploitation. frightful. furtive. and lurking in the shadows of our society. with no change in their status at all. no help. Then there is this third choice. I thnk it is a sensible. reasonable middle ground that most Americans would support.
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