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The gentleman misunderstands the question. We have a letter that came out that opposed this amendment that appears to say that that amendment goes at the very heart of the organizations that you are trying to provide support to. Now the real question is if there is an organization made up of all U.S. citizens. made up of people who are all U.S. citizens. but what they are doing is providing aid and help to illegal immigrants. could that organization get national service help. And the answer to that question I think. based upon everything I have read in the bill. is yes. that these volunteers would then be serving a whole population of illegal immigrants. Now is that what we want to be doing with this bill? Is part of the answer that we want to be having our national service volunteers working almost exclusively to help illegal immigrants? Well. unless you correct the legislation with language like that which the gentleman from California has offered. you are setting up precisely that scenario. And from the looks of at least one of the letters that was sent out by the opponents of this amendment. that is what you intend to do.