Speech #1010216583

What about the Americans who are already here who do not have Jobs? Our obligation should be to train them to make them ready for the jobs that are available. not bring in a new competing group that is going to make it even more difficult for them ever to be able to work. Family unity is a legitimate goal of immigration policy. and there are provisions in this bill which would advance family unity. but we can do that without opening up the floodgates to so many other groups who do not fall under that category. I will offer an amendment toward the end of the day. and in fact it is a substitute. which concentrates on family unity only and strikes the portions of the bill which open up our immigration laws to so many other persons who are not part of a family in the United States. and maintains those portions of the bill which would promote family unity. It maintains the section that prohibits the deportation of spouses and children of aliens who are legalized under the Immigration Reform Act of 1986. the familyfairness provisions. My amendment would hold that in the bill. My amendment would also maintain the portion of the bill which grants 115.000 visas each year for immediate relatives. spouses and children. that is to say. for the spouses and children of permanent residents who are already in the United States. It would not include brothers and sisters. but it would include spouses and children. Finally. it would also maintain the provisions of the bill allowing 10.250 visas a year for unmarried adult sons and daughters of persons who are legally present in the United States at the present time. But that surely is enough. To go beyond that is to pursue a totally different purpose. and in fact. it is to pursue a purpose. which I submit to you. is not a coherent one. but one that results from a simple patching together of demands from special interest groups from across the United States who have come here and said. "We want to be allowed to bring in more and more and more people." Mr.