Mr. Speaker. as had been mentioned in the press in some quarters. I had intended today to offer a privileged resolution. a motion to instruct the conferees currently still in conference on the immigration bill on the matter that has us hung up. the matter of alienage. that is. the question of whether or not we ought to create a new civil right. the right for someone who is in the United States but not a citizen to sue a prospective employer because that employer wished to hire a citizen over a noncitizen. However. Mr. Speaker. after my intention surfaced. our staff was informed by the staff of some Members on the other side of the aisle from some of the other committees involved that if we did that on the only one issue that has us hung up. they would then bring forward a series of motions to instruct on a number of other issues that have already been resolved to the satisfaction of the conference.
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