There is another reason why I think it is unwise to move as the Senator from Minnesota has suggested. There is a statement that Shakespeare makes about the best being the enemy of the good. We can pile up in this area of immigration to the point where there will be an adverse public reaction. I say to the Senator from Minnesota I may not have been in public office when we had 100.000 to 200.000 Cubans coming into this country all of a sudden. There was a very adverse reaction. Now those people are great American citizens today and we are richer because they are here. But there will come a time when the public is going to react negatively to immigration. This mornings New York Times carries a story about potential large numbers of immigrants from the Soviet Union that I have an interest in. I know Senator BoscHWITZ has an interest in. and the Presiding Officer. Senator LAUTENBERO. has shown great leadership on. I do not want to reach that saturation point so that Members of the House and Senate are going to say "Sorry. no more immigrants into this country." I think there is a danger that we are going to be moving in that direction. I also think we have to be careful how we load this thing down. If this bill were to be presented to the President as it is right now. my guess is. and I certainly have no insight into what the President is thinking. but my guess is that it would be vetoed by the President.
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