Speech #1090120409

I could go through this long list. but I will not. other than to tell you that every crime of moral turpitude. and many others. would disqualify one from this legal pathway. What the KylCornyn amendment really does is undermine the earned citizenship program in the bill. It prevents potentially millions who are in the United States from applying for legal status because of status violations and not crimes. The vast majority of undocumented immigrants who would be affected by the KylCornyn amendment are not criminals but rather the exact classes of immigrants which we intended to help with title VI of the Judiciary Committee bill. Our analysis of the Department of Homeland Security data shows that