They have a right to have access to educational programs. We are not trying to deprive those people of that right. but what we are saying is that we are a community. we are a country with citizens. men and women. eligible to vote. those who have citizenship. and there are probably a million or so other people who are here with our consent. I think the gentleman referred to the farmer program. the migrant worker program. 800.000 people lined up in order to have their cases reviewed and perhaps accepted. They are here with our consent. That is entirely different from undocumented aliens. Let us address for a few moments this concept. this concern about the constitutional use of the term "person." Constitutionally. it is a very imprecise term. The lawyers among us will know that for many legal purposes corporations can be considered as persons. If that were the case. I suspect that the State of Delaware would probably have more than one Congressman. if corporations were to be considered as persons. so clearly the term persons. although included in the Constitution. is imprecise and clearly when the 14th amendment was passed. the whole concept of undocumented aliens was unknown.
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