While none of us likes to lose. that is the process. and that should be the process. Unfortunately. we are here a month later. but now I hope we have an opportunity to have those debates and to have those votes and to proceed to passage of a good bill. The amendment I am referring to specifically would exclude from the benefits of the bill on the floorand what I mean by that is the 12 million people who are here in an unauthorized status. who either came illegally or who overstayed their legal authorization: they are here in violation of our immigration laws. It would exclude from amnesty or earned legalization or whatever you want to call it the benefits for convicted felons. In other words. convicted felons would not get amnesty under this bill if this amendment passes.
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