It is unclear to me. after studying it for the last hour or so. exactly what its effects will be. At least we had a little bit of time to look at the effects of the previous amendment. But from what I can tell. it would definitely cut overall family preference immigration by roughly 60 percent. It would cap and slash the immigration of parents of U.S. citizens. It would cut the immigration of adult children of U.S. citizens by over 60 percent. It would eliminate all immigration of siblings. basically. These are dramatic changes in the legal immigration laws of this country. As I said with some frequency during the debate on the last amendment. Mr. President. they should be dealt with separately from the debate on illegal immigration. These are two very distinct issues with a very powerful and important impact on citizens of this country and their families. We should deal in this bill with illegal immigration. We should maintain the split which was put together in the Judiciary Committee that divided these two. We should follow the lead of the House keeping legal immigration separate from illegal immigration. Even if we were to consider legal immigration. I once again argue it should not be done in this type of piecemeal fashion. such weighty. complicated amendments brought in this fashion. It is impossible to even determine the potential impact of this amendment.
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