In some cases. the end may justify special treatment. but in others. such as in the case of bilingual ballots. the special treatment that they provide has not been shown to result in greater participation of language minorities in the voting process. My concern about the bill comes. In part. from my participation in this area of immigration and refugee matters for 12 years. In 1986. I sponsored an immigration bill with a highly successful legalization program. It brought nearly 3 million additional new immigrants into a legal status in the United States. into the fabric of our Nation where they could no longer be exploited or used. I had a tough time hauling the water on that. but we got it done. thanks to the help of a lot of thoughtful Republicans and Democrats. because the only avenue for the legalization of these 3 million was the bill. Yet. the groups resisted the passage of the bill. which was a totally selfish and rather repugnant act.
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