It would be a travesty and. indeed. it would be a farce for the Senate to close off debate before we have even had that debate on the substance of this bill. Why it is that the Democratic leader and others who might vote to close off debate would want to deny the Senate an opportunity to exclude felons from the scope of the amnesty provided by this bill is beyond me. Why it is that there could be those who would want to deny American workers the protection of a fluctuating cap on temporary work permits such that American citizens would not be put out of work because those who have come to the country in violation of our immigration laws and would be given a guaranteed path to American citizenship is beyond me. Why it is we would want to deny countries such as Mexico and the Central American countries the opportunity to develop their own economies and to provide opportunities for their own citizens so that fewer and fewer of them would have to engage in part of the mass exodus from those countries to the United States. leaving those countries hollowed out and unable to economically sustain themselves and create opportunities for their own citizens. is beyond me. I understand there are those. on both sides of the aisle. who happen to like the Judiciary Committee bill that is the subject of this cloture motion. While there are portions of the bill I like very much. particularly those which have to do with border security. we know that the bill as yet still does not have a worksite verification provision. to my knowledge. My understanding is. because of jurisdictional conflicts. the Judiciary Committee could not complete work on that portion of the bill. and that is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Finance Committee. We are still waiting for that title III to this bill to come to the floor and be offered as an amendment and be made part of this legislation.
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