Most of my colleagues and most Americans came to this country and went to where they had a brother there or a cousin there. The Senator from New Mexico told me that his family went to New Mexico because they had a cousin who had preceded them from Italy who went there. So it is part of our heritageas a nation of immigrantsthat by and large we went where our relatives were. And the entire immigration history of the United States is a history of brothers and sisters working hard. accumulating some money. and then sending for their kinfolk. That is the way it should continue. That is the strength on which our country has been built. I ask that there just be a modest increase in the fifth preference In which there is a backlog of nearly 1.5 million people. The 65.000 level for fifth preference under the KennedySimpson bill is roughly the same as it was under existing law. So while Senators KENNEDY and SIMPSON have increased the number of visas and shortened the backlog in other preferences. really nothing has been done for brothers and sisters. I am not a second or third generation American. As a matter of fact. Mr. President. I am the only immigrant in the Senate at the present time. As the distinguished Senator from Wyoming pointed out. I am the only Senator who cannot run for President.
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