I yield myself such time as I might consume. In taking a look at section 203. the application of criminality is actually quite broad. If you are here in the United States holding a student visa. there are requirements. for example. that you take a certain number of units in order to maintain that status. If. for example. you fall below that. and I will say that there are many students who. for one reason or another. one quarter might fall below where they may need to be. you would be in violation of your student visa status. Under the amendment before us. you would not just be disappointing your parents who paid full tuition. you would be committing a misdemeanor. If you are a businessman here and your return flight home is cancelled. causing your visitors visa. your B2 visa. to be expired. not only would you be in technical violation if you were 2 days late to the flight home. but you would also be committing a misdemeanor. I do not think that is a reasonable approach. I also do not think that it has anything to do with keeping our country safer. You know. this debate started yesterday on the floor of the House. But it has been ongoing in the media for quite some time. The John and Ken show in California every day is taking about illegal immigration. And we saw many Members. our friends on the other side of the aisle. touting that they were going to have this tough bill. And then. of course. today. we see that the Republicans are trying to back off on that a little bit.
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