No. 2. this is the Senate. We will be casting votes on this legislation. and we ought not vote for anything that we know is not good public policy. A critical part of the immigration reform that we need to effect for our country is to make sure that our legal system. which is so utterly broken on this issue. is repaired. It needs to work. Can anyone dispute that? Today. we understand that 1 million people come into the country legally each year. The estimates are that 500.000 to 800.000 will be coming in illegally each yearalmost as many legal immigrants. I see Senator VrrTER in the Chair. who is such a knowledgeable and articulate spokesman on this issue. I happened to see the mayors debate in New Orleans last night. and Hard Ball asked them what about illegal immigrants? They had to have them to do the work in New Orleans. There was a discussion about it. What is the answer to that? Of course. you dont need illegal immigrants to do the work. Of course. if we craft a good immigration bill. when you have a crisis like Hurricane Katrina. we would be able to have temporary workers come in in whatever numbers are necessary to do that work. That is what a good bill would do. That is a crisis that calls for an unusual amount of workers.
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