Mr. President. I favor and support genuine immigration reform. and I will continue to work closely with Senator SIMPSON to achieve the reforms we all seek. But this bill is fundamentally flawed. We have thrown out the window genuine immigration control when we open the door to a massive. 350.000 foreign worker programeven for 3 yearswhich is on top of the already expanded temporary worker provisions contained in the bill. This bill is becoming a growers bill. not an immigration reform bill. It is a welfare program. a Federal subsidy. for the growers. We have also retreated on the legalization program that the Senate has supported twice in the pastand voted by the House last yearand agreed to in conference last October by the sponsor of this bill. We are retreating from the one. small benefit this bill holds out to the Hispanic communityto deal humanely with the problem of those undocumented aliens already living and contributing to our society. especially as we launch new enforcement programs and employer sanctions. They were supposed to go handinhand. now they are separated. Mr. President. a large number of organizations have now expressed their strong opposition to this bill in its current formorganizations that have a long history of supporting immigration reform and working with immigrants. I would like to share some of their statements with my colleagues. and ask unanimous consent that they be printed at this point in the RECORD.
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