Mr. Chairman. I rise to oppose the gentleman from Florida and his amendment to strike amnesty from this bill. Moreover. I rise to refute his arguments that we as a nation would not deport the millions who would stay here. History is replete with the incidence of mass deportations when and where the INS or when the mood of this Nation so dictates. I commend the gentleman from California . my colleague. for providing a historical perspective of the Southwest in describing the settlement by peoples indigenous to the land. Indians. and Spaniards. The subsequent colonization by Mexico. I am a byproduct of that cultural heritage and perhaps that is one of the reasons we often stand up to decry what we see as an injustice. but by the same token I am an American.
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