An amendment to delete legalization entirely failed by only 38 votes in the U.S. House last year. If we are going to enact legislation. we must be able to assure our constituents that we have effectively addressed the problem of illegal immigration. and that is the need that led to legalization in the first place. The Commission did set January 1. 1980. because they wanted a date that was before public discussion of the legalization beginning. Again. the Select Commission stated. "The Commission does not want to reward undocumented. illegal aliens who may have come to the United States in part at least because of recent discussions about legalization." The full Senate in the 98th Congress and the Senate Judiciary Committee this year rejected an attempt to advance this date beyond January 1. 1980. Moving up that date by 1 year would add hundreds of thousands more to the program. They would be those who had formed the least ties to the United States. who have acquired the fewest equities. and who have entered ahead of those abroad who have waited so long to legally enter.
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