President. I ultimately supported this legislation. because I believed it reflected a reasonable compromise. and. most Importantly. I believed the legalization program represented a humanitarian means of offering millions of undocumented immigrants the opportunity to emerge from the dark shadows of an underground world to become legal residents. In this regard. Mr. President. I recognized that Californiawith an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants who may meet the legalization criteria. and hundreds of thousands of farm workers who may qualify for the Special Agricultural Worker [SAW] Program by virtue of having worked in California agriculture for the required periods of timestood to benefit greatly from the new law if the legalization programs were implemented in a compassionate fashion consistent with congressional intent. Well. Mr.
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