Mr. President. I would like to recognize one colleague. the Senator from Wyoming for his courage and wisdom a third time in coming to grips with what is a most complex and difficult problem. immigration reform. I also want to commend the Senate for again acting decisively to reform the Nations fundamental law for dealing with illegal immigration. in a manner that is essentially equitable and comprehensive. Since this body first considered major reform of our immigration laws 2 years ago. untold numbers of illegal aliens have continued to enter our country. The 3.5 million to 12 million illegal aliens in our country today are irrefutable testimony that our immigration laws are not working. that immigration reform is long overdue. Immigrants have made our Nation great. and as a Senator from New York I can particularly appreciate these contributions. Nathan Glazer and I wrote in "Beyond the Melting Pot" that New York. after all. is a merchant metropolis with an extraordinarily heterogenous population composed of immigrants and their descendents. The first shipload of settlers sent out by the Dutch was made up largely of Frenchspeaking Protestants. British.
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