Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to H.R. 4300. the bill before the House that would totally restructure U.S. immigration law. While I believe that legal immigration reform is long overduethe immigration system does need fixing In a serious waythis legislation as reported to the floor is not the answer. With its enactment. I fear we would be moving from bad to worse. This is not real reform and rather than railroad through a poorly crafted. flawed bill during these last few days of Congress and kidding ourselves that its immigration reform. I recommend that we defeat this measure and. Instead. work toward crafting a more reasonable and responsible reform program to be fully considered at the beginning of the 102d Congress. There are portions of H.R. 4300 that need not be scrapped and could be incorporated into a new immigration reform bill. For example. improved geographical distribution in immigration would increase the diversity of Americas newest citizens and makes the immigration process more equal. I also concur with the objective of facilitating the unification of families. Current labor certification procedures are far from perfect and need to be improved.
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