This bill will not work unless we make sure that only people who come forward and submit themselves to background checks and we know are not criminals or terrorists and we know in fact they are qualified and eligible workersunless we have a system in place to make sure of that. this will not work and we will not have done everything we can and should do to make sure this bill will work. Indeed. in 1986. as part of the amnesty that was signed in that year. the quid pro quo for the amnesty of some 3 million people was an effective worksite verification program and employer sanctions for those employers who cheat and hire people on the black market of human labor. We know. because the Federal Government failed to provide that effective Federal Government workslte verification program. that now we are dealing with approximately 12 million people who have come here in violation of our immigration laws. and we are confronted with the monumental challenge of how to address those 12 million in a way that both respects our legacy as a nation that believes in the rule of law while we continue to celebrate our heritage as a nation that believes we are indeed a nation of immigrants and better for it. This is not the Senate working according to its finest traditions. The only way the Senate works is if each Senator has an opportunity to debate and to argue and to offer amendments.
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