Chairman. as everyone knows. as we are debating this bill. we have an ongoing renovation of the Statue of Liberty. It sits on the east coast calling to those huddled masses from other shores to come here to try to find if they can make it in this world. Even though the real action on immigration has changed from the east coast to the Southwest border from some years. the fact of the matter is. I do think that we still agree with the words that are on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired. your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." The fact here is as we reconstruct or reinforce the State of Liberty in New York. we are about the business of reconstructing or reinforcing our legal immigration system here. Many of us came to this task with preconceived notions that any thought of some sort of legalization program could not be accepted because in some way we would reward those who had violated the law. I certainly was one of those.
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