He reduces that by 11.000. There is already a significant backlog in place today. and with the amnesty program that permitted over 3 million people to adjust their status. there will be permanentresident aliens who will not be able to be united with their wife and their children. He is reducing these two family categories for the skill category after we have already added to the skill categories by increasing the skill levels needed in third and sixth preference and also providing skilled workers through the selected immigrant category. It does not go as far as the Senator from Pennsylvania would like to go. but it certainly is important progress over the existing law. For the reasons I have outlined.
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