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But also I come from a State that has a lot of people who have family members who may not be immediate family members who do not want to be wiped off the slate. This establishes a minimum of 216.000. Under the Hatch amendment. no matter how many immediate relatives visas are granted. we are going to have at least 216.000 of these family reunifications. We must decide whether we want to continue to grant family preference immigration visas or whether we want to risk eliminating them altogether. We must remember as we debate the issue today. and if the House takes up this bill. S. 358 does not put a ceiling or a cap on legal immigration of immediate families. They are going to come in. The Senator from Wyoming and the Senator from Massachusetts have not even thought of that. I do not believe. I am pleased with that. As long as the number of immediate relatives is not limited. and I agree it should not be. there is no ceiling on legal immigration under both the current law and S. If a million immediate members come in. that is how many is going to come in. But once it gets to 480.000 there are not going to be any more of these preferencesno more unmarried adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. no more spouses unmarried sons and daughters of permanent resident aliens. no more married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. and no more brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens.