Speaker. I rise in reluctant support for this rule. I support this rule for an imperfect bill because I am committed to do something about our immigration policy. The rule makes in order important amendments. such as the Garcia amendment. which will check the negative aspect of employer sanctions. It is an imperfect bill which has provisions which have no relevance to controlling our borders such as the special interest provisions for agricultural growers. Not many of my colleagues have focused during this debate on controlling the borders but rather on the agricultural guestworker provision. My vote for the rule today is to give enlightened immigration reform a chance. however. I fear that the effort is threatened by special interests who would turn this bill into a foreign worker jobs bill. I urge my colleagues to give true immigration reform a chance and vote for this rule.
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