Chairman. as a member of the committee. and this amendment did not come up in the committee. but having seen lots of actions in Congress and the State legislature over the years. we see not only on this amendment but a number of other amendments you build up a straw man or a bogeyman and say this is going to be a big problem out here. And all of a sudden we are going to take it and solve it. This will not solve the problem of illegal immigration by attacking national service or attacking something in the National Service Act. What we are seeing is a straw man built up by the Baker amendment and the Cunningham amendment to try and say OK. everybody is frustrated with the illegal immigration problem. and we are going to take care of that. This will not do it. The gentleman from Indiana talked about on page 55 that you have to be a citizen or a resident alien. and on page 76 of this bill you have to be a citizen or a resident alien to be able to take advantage of national service. How many times do we need to mention it? This does not apply to illegal aliens. This is not a border patrol issue. We appropriated or voted for. last week and the week before the Committee of the Whole. $60 million more to police our borders. We cannot police our borders through national service.
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