Mr. President. it is certainly not the intention of those offering the amendment to defeat or hinder muchneeded reform in the area of immigration legislation. Someday. hopefully soon. legislation will pass which is fair and balanced and the Senator from Wyoming will receive the credit he deserves for the years of long toil he has put into one of the most vexing public policy problems and challenges this country faces. The sponsors of this amendment simply seek to avoid the situation where. once that day comes. either on an individual case basis or. even worse. or a firestorm basis. unintended consequences of this legislation lead to either wholesale discrimination of legal residents of this country. regardless of what the Senator says. primarily because of the color of their skin or the fact that they come from a nonwhite part of the world or an equally challenging situation of the sole individual who is discriminated against unfairly and unjustly.
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Generalization that legal residents are discriminated against because of their skin color or where they come from.