Mr. Speaker. I was called back to my district last night unavoidably. and I missed the last several votes. including final passage of the immigration bill. I just want to say that in my district. which stretches from West Point almost to Lake Placid along the Hudson River. we have many ethnic groups. Italian. Irish and many others. who have waited patientily all their lives for their families to come over and I for one oppose any kind of amendments and any kind of legislation that would in any way give amnesty to or legalize illegal aliens in this country. Had I been present. I would have voted "no" on final passage of the bill.
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