President. as I indicated at the outset of this debate. I believe a fundamental deficiency in the pending bill is its weakened provisions on the legalization program. The bill before us is a retreat from the Humane and Flexible Legalization Program voted twice by the Senateonce by the House of Representativesand recommended unanimously by the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. It is a retreat from the position that the sponsor of this legislation took himself only a few months ago during last years conference committee on the previous immigration bill adopted by the Senate in the last session. And it is a retreat from the fundamental principle upon which this legislation has always been basedthe "threelegged stool." some have called itrequiring that we move simultaneously on: First. new enforcement provisions. second. implementation of employer sanctions. and third. the institution of a legalization program. These three actions were intended to go handinhandto be enacted simultaneously. and implemented together.
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