President. about the financial rights of access to public programs of people who are in the country legally. who have played by the rules that we have established. who are paying taxes. who are subject to virtually all the requirements that apply to citizens. except the right to vote and the right to serve on juries. Yet. we are about to say in a retroactive way. including to those persons already in the country today under the standards that were applicable when they entered. that they are going to have their rights severely restricted and without clarity as to what those restricted rights will be. I think that is bad policy. I think it violates the principles of the unfunded mandate legislation. the first legislation to be passed by this Congress. I think it undercuts the essential thrust of the legislation that is intended to be dealing with the impact of illegal immigrants.
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