Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. I cannot support the Ways and Means Committee amendment to H.R. 3810. the Immigration Control and Legalization Amendments Act of 1986. The earlier version of this legislation gave unfair preferential treatment to a special group of aliens: special agricultural workers. One aspect of this unfair preferential treatment was that agricultural workers were not subject to any waiting period for AFDC eligibility. whereas nonagricultural aliens were subject to a 5year disqualification period. It now appears that the sponsors of the bill are changing this provision so that both agricultural and nonagricultural aliens will be subject to a 5year disqualification period for AFDC.
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