Chairman. I think that there are two great political issues that face this country. One is welfare reform and the other is immigration reform. Unfortunately. the two of them are inextricably linked together. When you consider the fact that 21 percent of all immigrant households receive some form of assistance. when you consider that for the 12year period between 1982 and 1994 that the applications for SSI by immigrant families increased some 580 percent compared with only a 49percent increase for native Americans. then you have to say that the two are linked together. Unfortunately. if we do not address one. it is going to be almost impossible to address and solve the other. So I would urge that we defeat the amendment that is before the House.
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