Speech #1040203026

We are oric and the mixing of the Issues causes going to argue those out. But ulti- problems. mately we are going to be able to pass The second example of how mixing the illegal bill. these issues causes a problem: The If we start down this road of amend- statement is madeand It is a correct ments that are clearly dealing with the statementthat onehalf of all illegal legal aspect of this. I am not as con- immigrants came here legally. Let me fident that we are going to be able to repeat that. Onehalf of all illegal impass a bill. I am not as confident that migrants came here legally. That is we are going to be able to do what my true. That is a true statement. But friend from Wyoming wants to do. and these are not legal immigrants. "ImmiI think the vast majority of the Amer- grant" is a term of art. They are not ican people want to do. that is. to pass legal immigrants. They did not come a good illegal immigration bill and here expecting or being told that they send it to the President of the United could become citizens. These are. as States. my friend from Wyoming pointed out. The third reason I believe it Is a mis- students who overstay their visas. take to combine these issues. these These are people who come here to issues that we have historically not work who overstay. As my colleague combined. is that once you begin to do from Wisconsin correctly pointed out. that. it makes good analysis more dif- the Simpson amendment does not deal ficult and we begin to confuse the two with this issue. It does not deal with very distinct issues. this problem. And it is a problem. We have in this country an illegal The bill does. We took action in the immigration problem. and we all agree bill and in committee to try to rectify on that. I think there is pretty broad this problem. Again. you have a difconsensus about what to do about it. ficulty when you confuse the termnolThere are a lot of good provisions In ogy. Yes. these individuals came here this bill. I do not believe we have a legally. but they were never legal imlegal immigration problem. Illegal im- migrants. They never came here with the expectation they would become citizens. They have no right to expect that. So when we analyze legal immigrants and we talk about the burden they place on society. we talk about where the problem of illegal immigration comes from. it is important to keep the distinction correct and to watch our terminology. Therefore. I believe for practical reasons. for historic reasons. and also for reasons of good analysis. we should vote no on this amendment. A yes vote links these two issues. It takes an illegal immigration bill that we can pass and shoves into it issues that should be kept separate and dealt with distinctly. and I would say I clearly believe that they should be dealt with later on on this floor in a separate bill. Let me turn. if I could. for a moment. Mr.