Mr. Speaker. we are really talking about fairness and common sense here. Now. last year we passed an Immigration Reform Act that was based on dividing legal immigration and illegal immigration. And about the concept of fairness. that we do not reward those who have broken the law and punish those following the law. I am listening to the speakers that support 245(i). at least the great majority of them. If you go back in the record. you will find they did not support the Immigration Reform Act last year anyway. It passed by 320 votes. because the American people wanted fairness and common sense put back into our immigration law and stop punishing people for playing by the rules and stop allowing people to buy their way out of illegal status. There are those that say. well. they will be legal. they are legal anyways. they would qualify. Except they are illegal aliens. If that was not true. then why are they opposing this bill? They would not need this exemption if they were actually legal as stated.
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