President. I rise today to speak about the crucial issue we are addressing as a nation and as a U.S. Senate. this immigration question. I continue to have grave concerns about many of the provisions that are now before us. I am going to talk about some of those general concerns. and then I am going to outline two specific amendments I will be offering on the floor of the Senate that help meet them. It Is often said that Americans have a very poor sense of history. we do not read history much: we do not remember past mistakes and past lessons. we dont learn from history. I am afraid much of the debate and activity on this question on the floor of the Senate is another example of that because we went through very much the same sort of debate in 1986. the last time the Congress addressed illegal immigration in a major way and passed a more limited amnesty program. It is instructive to look back and read those debates. It is enormously instructive to understand the arguments pro and con. during that debate in this very Chamber.
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