Now. blend into that what happened with the figures that were given to us by the INS. We are now confronted with news reports and information that we have a 41percent increase. Here is the morning lineand not at the track. but the Washington AP. "New projections anticipating a whopping 41 percent increase in legal immigration to the United States this year are bound to heat up debate as the Senate considers its immigration bill." I think it will heat up the debate because you are going to have to go home and tell people that you sat by and watched legal immigration go up 41 percent. The Immigration and Naturalization Services projections of a boom this year follow a 10.4percent decline in lawful immigration last year. My good colleague from Texasand how I admire LAMAR SMITH and his ranking member. toosaid. "We have all been duped. I take this as an intentional misrepresentation to the public. and. to Congress. It is inexcusable." The interesting thing about that is it came about the day we were debating this bill in the Senate with regard to the committee action. At that time at the press conference. which in essence was very clear. it was said simply that you do not need to do anything about legal immigration because we are doing it already. You can count on us. We know you are interested in it.
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