If I were a father of three. which I ambut if I lived in Mexico and my children were hungry. I would be fighting and scratching and clawing to get to the United States. just as they are. One of the biggest hidden costs of all of our social programs is the massive cost of immigration into this country from Latin America. So if NAFTA works at all. Mr. President. one of the biggest benefits of all is one that has been unspoken about on the floor of the Senate. it will slow that massive emigration out of Mexico. which costs us socially and economically. It is 10 times better to provide aid to people where they live and want to stay. You know why I vote for foreign aidfor two reasons: My State is agricultural. and most of foreign aid is agricultural. so we benefit from it. But the principal reason is. it is 10 times better to send food and economic assistance to people where they live and want to stay than to have them trying to swim the ocean to try to get to the United States. So if NAFTA fulfills any of its promises. it will slow the immigration rate into this country. and I think that is a perfectly legitimate reason to consider the agreement favorably. Finally. Mr.
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