I suggest. Mr. President. that this Is a very clear backdoor way to accomplish the same objective that this Senate on several occasions rejected when we were debating the immigration bill. and that is a sharp reduction on the rights of legal immigration into this country which we know is primarily the right to reunify families. Why is this a backdoor constraint on legal immigration and particularly family reunification? The reason is because we are making it so financially onerous for sponsors. We are raising the specter of their own impoverishment as a result of bringing a loved one. a child. a spouse. a parent into this country that we are going to effectively. through coercion. accomplish the same thing that this Senate. by direct action. refused to do. which was to make it more difficult for legal aliens to reunite with their families.
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