Mr. President. the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] has just issued proposed rules to implement the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 which we passed last year. While the issuance of these proposed rules is welcome and in fact overdue. I have serious reservations about certain provisions proposed by the INS. I voted for the immigration bill last year. I did so because I felt that. on balance. the bill represented an improvement over the existing situation. and that reform of our immigration laws was urgently needed. I also felt that the bill had been improved over the previous version. which I voted against in 1985. I felt that the legalization provisions of the bill. which would allow undocumented aliens who had resided in the United States since January 1. 1982. to become citizens. were needed and made the bill acceptable to me. I was concerned. and continue to be concerned. about certain aspects of the bill dealing with employer sanctions. But I felt that on balance the bill contained more good than potential for harm.
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