I see no national referendum on the subject. I do not necessarily trust the polls. but I have not even seen a poll upon that subject. It may be true most Americans wish to have an orderly process for how much immigration there will be. and the alternatives posed by my amendment are simply stated as this: We have a bill as proposed by Senator KENNEDY and Senator SIMPSON as modified. Then you have as an alternative. an additional 30.000 people to come in who both Senator KENNEDY and Senator SIMPSON agree are meritorious individually if you could take it out of the existing number. That is not the choice as I have proposed it. The choice of the existing number standing or 30.000 more of these wellqualified people which Senator SIMPSON puts very well that he would like to see "more visas to independent immigrants." that is precisely what we have here. The number 30.000 does not come out of the air. Mr. President. The number 30.000 comes from a survey by the State Department which has been agreed to by those who are knowledgeable in the field of immigration that there are that many people. 85.000. who want to come each year. who are available to come each year. who are ready to come. who have jobs waiting for them. They are not going to take existing jobs. There has to be a certification by the Department of Labor that they do not take existing jobs.
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