That. it seems to me. is again a demonstration of the kind of discriminatory attitude or conduct that we are demonstrating toward the people who would qualify under this bill. primarily Hispanics and blacks from Central America and the Caribbean. Second. we have in his proposal a situation where. should temporary residence not be followed within a year by an application for permanent residence. the eligibility for permanent residence will have expired. and. worse than that. if within 25 months there has not been an application for permanent residence. the Attorney General shall provide for the rescission of temporary residence. This proposal is filled with booby traps. making it more and more difficult for undocumented workers to ever achieve permanent residence or citizenship. Let us look at some of the other provisions. If in fact during the time of temporary residence a felony is committed. that is it. you are finished. In some States drunken driving is a felony. For the first time we do not have crimes of moral turpitude as a disqualification. a felony or three misdemeanors on its face will be sufficient to disqualify. If they are living in an environment where the people are not happy about undocumented workers or illegal aliens. they can be harassed into three misdemeanors. which automatically disqualifies them. It seems to me that this amendment does the same kind of thing that the gentleman from California [Mr. LUNGRENI or the gentleman from Florida [Mr.
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