President. I said earlier I am going to have a chance to speak at a rally this afternoon. going on right now. organized by groups and organizations that have worked with Soviet Jewry over the years. I am the son of a Jewish immigrant who fled persecution in Russia. Maybe that is why I feel so strongly about this. But. Mr. President. it is not just Jewish immigrants from Russia or Eastern Europe. it is legal immigrants. people who have come to our country. many of whom have worked and paid taxes. There have been reports by the Urban Institute and others that show that these legal immigrants have given much more to our country in taxes than any benefit that they have ever received. Mr. President. last Congress we passed a piece of legislation. all in the name of deficit reduction. that eliminated $22 billion worth of assistance to these vulnerable citizens.
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