President. it will come as no suprise to anyone in this body that I cannot and will not support this bill. Like virtually every Member of this body. I am genuinely concerned about illegal immigration. I do not approve of it. I do not condone it. I am very much against it. If I thought for a minute that this bill would stop. or even significantly slow up. illegal immigration. I might swallow some of the deep concerns I have about the harmful side effects of this legislation. But this bill will not close our borders. nor will it bring from the limbo in which they live the millions of undocumented foreign nationals who are already here. either for legalization or for deportation. What it will do is cost money. cause discrimination against foreignborn and foreignlooking American citizens and legal resident aliensespecially Hispanics and Asiansimpose new burdens on American businesses. take the very dangerous first step toward national identification cards and internal passports which is a very basic threat to the freedom of all American citizens. and. as amended. bring in waves of new. cheap foreign workers without adequate safeguards to protet American labor standards and those Amerians who are available to work these jobs. I have great admiration for the sincerity and effort of my very good friends from Wyoming who has been laboring so long with this bill.
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Foreign born and foreign looking American citizens and legal resident aliens especially Hispanics and Asians are discriminated against.