Mr. President. my friend from Massachusetts is. in fact. correct. We need to deal with the entire set of immigration issues today. including the illegal hiring of people in this country. The provisions we have set forward in this bill will allow us to. in fact. bring those people who are here illegally and who are undocumented out of the shadows so we can address the national security interests. My amendment requires the President of the United States to basically say that before the guest worker program is implemented. the President has to determine that it is in the interest of national security for us to implement those provisions. that before we move forward with the program that addresses the reality of 11 million undocumented workers. the President of the United States shall acknowledge and make a statement that. in fact. it is in the national security interests of the United States of America. That is why this amendment is a much better. preferred approach than the amendment which is being offered by my friend from Georgia.
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