Exactly. I thank my friend. the distinguished chairman of the committee and the ranking member in this country on the subject of immigration. We have indeed. On several occasions. by resounding votes in this House in these past 7 days. we have voted not to do nothing. we have voted to do something. and we have voted in that context to include legalization as an important component part. I think it ought to be remembered that Father Theodore Hesburgh. who chaired the Select Commission. has a wonderful way about him. as an intellectual. of going to the heart of a problem and stating it with a kind of clarity that is compelling. Father Hesburgh said that unless we close the back door through which illegal aliens enter. we will never be able to keep the front door open. the front door through which legal immigrants and refugees enter. So I suggest to my friends as we worry about those who are waiting in line and who have the concerns. and I have them. that perhaps in the future legal immigration laws will have to be changed. but may I please suggest that if we do not have a bill that does something about illegal entry. that we may well lose legal entry and refugee entry and that would be a sad loss. a terrible loss to this country. Earlier. Edmond Burke. the great British Parliamentarian. was mentioned. and let me again say to those who read the polls that this is one time where as Edmond Burke recommended: You owe your constituency not just your hard work. you owe your constituency the exercise of your judgment.
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