Mr. President. I rise in opposition to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. I well realize that the distinguished chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. Senator SIMPSON. has spent 3 laborious years attempting to put together an act which would both control illegal immigration and reform our current immigration laws. As I said on this floor just over a year ago. Senator SIMPSON has done a herculean task of attempting to draft a workable. meaningful. and effective immigration bill. All of us in this Chamber are aware that we have lost control of our own borders. The President of the United States has made statements to that effect. I do not deny that something has to be done. I do not deny that perhaps as many as 1 to 2 million illegals are crossing our borders every year to enter the United States. I do not deny that illegal immigration has also been tied in with the enormous flow of illegal drugs into this country and to the potential. fortunately only potential at present. of international terrorist violence being exported here from abroad. I do not deny all of this. But this bill is not the answer.
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