Chairman. I thank my chairman on the committee that deals with the Bureau of Prisomis for yielding. and I join him in opposing. with great respect the offeror of this particular amendment. If I understand it correctly. it would apply to the universe of those who have entered the United States without an immigrant visa. which means students. which means business visitors. which means as many as 10 million people who enter legally but are not entering with immigrant visas. This is in addition to the very important argument that the gentleman from Wisconsin made. which is the immediate moving over to the Federal prisons of 10.000 to 15.000 to 20.000 prisoners. I would prefer and I hope that the House might go along with the version within the immigration bill. which we believe will come to the floor this year. which deals with illegal aliens. people who are here illegally. Our bill provides reimbursement to the States for the incarceration costs of illegal aliens. and I think that that is how we ought to tailor it. but will not deal with people who might have entered legally.
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