Speech #1050100511

Once in the United States. Canadians are virtually indistinguishable from other Americans. Perhaps that is why Canada ranks fourth as the source country for illegal immigrants in the United States. There are at least 120.000 Canadians working illegally in the United States. and none of these people entered the country illegally. Nearly half of all the illegal immigrants in the United States overstaying the terms of their valid tourist or student visa came in through the Canadian border. Overstaying or violating the terms of valid visas is the illegal immigration method of choice for Canadian. Europeans. and others who know that the INS will never find them. Section 110 of the illegal immigration reform bill was specifically designed to give the INS the tools to combat this problem. If my colleagues are truly committed to combating Illegal immigration in all its forms. if my colleagues want an immigration policy that does not distinguish between white Canadians and colored Mexicans. then we must enforce the laws on an equal basis and do it in a racially colorblind way. I think this bill does not support that proposition. and I rise in opposition to the bill.