Mr. President. today we are taking up very important legislation which will dramatically impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals. As we all know. we are a country of immigrants. and for the last 24 years our immigration laws have given priority to the reunification of families in this country. This is as it should be. This is consistent with our traditional American values. I believe that the provision in this legislation which willfor the first timeimpose a cap on family sponsored immigration is an unwise departure from our tradition. This legislation will establish the precedent that under such a cap visas granted to the immediate relatives of U.S. citizens would be counted against the visas which would be available to other July 1.1.989 family connected immigrants. I cannot support this precedent. Therefore.
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