They appeared. if I remember correctly. in the conference report of the 1984 bill. So it obviously reflects a thinking process which is germinating in this body. The one thing I would like to at least bring to the attention of the House is that this. of course. deals with what we call legal immigration. Basically this amendment. proposed by the gentleman from California. deals with legal immigration. and what we are talking about in the bill before the House tonight is. of course. illegal entry. basically trying to deal with it in some humane fashion. Legal immigration is a subject of hearings that we have started in our subcommittee this year and which we will have in full dress form in the 100th Congress. It would really be more precisely and logically and suitably a subject before us later. not right now. because we might be putting the cart before the horse. So my restraint about this is simply the fact that I believe that we are on the trial in the course of the routine hearings of immigration changes in the legal style which could take care of problems brought up by the gentleman. as well as the gentleman from Nebraska. I just have a little bit of reluctance at this point.
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