Speech #1090122493

I doubt it. I think we want to increase the number of legal workers who come to our country but surge these numbers this much without any discussion whatsoever? This means next year we could have 990.000that is almost a millionemploymentbased green cards issued: 550.000 for the workers. 540.000 for the family members. That is equal to the total number of green cards we handed out this year for all categories. including employmentbased. familybased. asylum. refugees. cancellation of removal. and so forth. Using the estimate from our population chart. based on the CRS data and the Pew Hispanic data. the way the new amnesty categories would work is as follows. This is what is in the compromise. If you are here for 5 or more yearsand that includes 8.85 million of the 11.5 to 12 million people who are estimated to be here. or 75 percent of those who are estimated to be here todaywhat happens to you? You are treated just like you were under the Kennedy bill that was rejected this morning. You get to stay. work. apply for a green card from inside the United States. Again. what does green card mean? It means you are a permanent resident. eligible for all the social welfare benefits that belong to American citizens. No. 1. No. 2. it puts you on a guaranteed path to citizenship. This is your reward for violating the law by coming in illegally. Under this bill. 75 percent of them. 8.85 million would get to stay and apply for green cards from inside the United States. just like the rejected bill earlier today provided for. And in addition. spouses and children would get those green cards as well. And they. spouses and children. would get green cards even if they are not in the United States. So If the person came here to work temporarily. planned to go back to his family. didnt have a plan to stay here permanently and intended to go back to his country of origin. make a little extra money to help out the family. now we have encouraged them to go ahead and bring their family here. That would be a large number. That will impact more than the 1.1 million who are covered by the bill. according to the estimates. They do not count against any family or employment caps or green cards. We do currently have a limit. We are supposed to have a limit on the total number who can come in as permanent workers on the path to citizenship so none of these would count against the caps. out of the 11 to 12 million.