Until we have that interpretation of the Court on the merits. I believe it is just simply good public policy to try to limit the number of persons counted for apportionment purposes to the number of persons who are citizens who are otherwise legally admitted to the United States. Sure this is a difficult question that cannot be easily answered. but all of my colleagues know that when you are dealing with immigration. refugees. legal immigration and illegal immigration you already know there are no easy answers in anything we do in this area. Our job is simply to get it out and vote it up or down. We try to be fair with the American public and honest with the American public. and that is what the Senator from Massachusetts and I have tried to do throughout our long linkage in this.
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