President. I would like to respond. if I might. to the argument raised by the Senator from Massachusetts. Using an Immigration and Naturalization Service document entitled "Immigration and Backlog Reductions Under Current Law." and adding the three categories--spouses and childrens space. spouses and childrens change. an increase due to legalization through IRCA. here are the totals that we come up with: In fiscal year 1995. 206.000. in fiscal year 1996. 270.000. in fiscal year 1997. 370.000. in fiscal year 1998. 349.000. The highest year would be 1997. which leaves 110.000 even in 1997 to filter down through the categories. I ask that the chart entitled "Immigration and Backlog Reductions Under Current Law"-these are assumptions. so I recognize that depending on the assumptions that one uses. you can get different figures. These are the ones that. again. are a little different from what Senator KENNEDY is working on because they project this very large total at the bottom of 1 million in 1995. of 984.000 in 1996. of 600.000 in 1997. Those are the total numbers.
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