Speech #980219134

Well. if I might reclaim my time. the gentleman misstates the idea here. This gentleman has no problem with immigrants. That is the foundation of our Nation. That is where almost all our ancestors came from. I have no problem with immigrants. Most of them contribute a great deal to society. The recent refugees from Southeast Asia have made us all proud. the CubanAmericans that have come in. many of the MexicanAmericans. I do not have a problem with immigration or immigrants. but I do have a problem with the illegal immigration we have been condoning and the legalization of those illegals and the sizable numbers that we are going to take in at one time. rewarding lawbreakers in one fell swoop. There is no hiding the fact that because of these extreme numbers at one time from one particular region of the world. we are going to have at least a $9 billion to $10 billion extra cost of public assistance and education now. There is no question that we have a lot of good immigrants. I want to keep the door open. I just want to do it legally.