Speech #990284146

I listen to people talk about the amnesty provision and why it is needed. and it is hard to argue with the basic logic. Their logic is that we have people who have been in the country for many years. and when we impose employer sanctions. we are going to find that there are many people who have become part of the fabric of our society who would be put out of work and. in essence. driven out of the country. In fact. it is not unusual for us to vote on a private bill making somebody a citizen or halting their deportation when somebody has been here for 40 years. had a halfdozen children who have defended the Nation with great valor. and been contributing members of our society. That is a reality. Nobody can argue that you could have employer sanctions and an immigration program without having some kind of program to differentiate between people who have established themselves here and people who have simply come here to work illegally. But I do not believe that anyone can argue that the provisions of this bill fit the pattern of what we are trying to do with amnesty. I do not want to continue complaining about the bill.