I hope they recognize already what we recognized on the Judiciary Committee. that these are not simple amendments. These are not amendments that should be considered in the flash of the day here. These are. in fact. deserving of being independently considered In a much broader context that looks at the whole range of matters that pertain to legal immigration at the same time. To take the illegal immigration billan outstanding piece of legislation. in most respects alreadyand suddenly inject into it considerations of legal immigration on the basis of one amendment at the very end of this process is not the way the full Senate should take this up today. In my judgment. Mr. President. anybody watching this debate would recognize that the Senate deserves to have a full and complete consideration of legal immigration. rather than to attach one highly controversial and very complicated element of it on the illegal immigration bill. That said. Mr.
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