Speech #990259344

We all know they need help. There is no question about it. farm labor is important. But what it brings into the picture is that an illegal alien working on a farm for 60 days is automatically granted citizenship. I know of legal aliens. legal immigrants from other countries who are here on legal passports and visas whose time is running out. and they have to wait on a list to become American citizens or else they are deported. And if they cannot reach that number on their list. they are deported. They have been battling in the United States to find people. some of whom are members of civic clubs. some of whom are a part of their communities. but they are denied citizenship because of the rules and regulations that this Congress has imposed. Then when we try. and we try hard. there is no exception to the rule. We do have a sympathetic Subcommittee on Immigration. I congratulate the gentleman from Kentucky who has an open heart and an open mind. I feel it is most unfair to grant an illegal alien who has worked for 60 days full citizenship and deny others the same right. So that will be fully debated on the rule. I am sure.