I will sort of run down and point out some of the things that occurred. some good things occurred. and some things that were not so good that occurred. Also. in my time today. I want to move from that to a more thoughtful discussion of what any good immigration reform bill should have in it. what issues it should deal with. and point out how this bill is defective in the most fundamental way it lacks the basic principles of any good immigration reform bill. We started out on the floor of the Senate with a 614page bill . My staff. Cindy Hayden and her team. discovered that the bill on the floor that they were urging passage of would have brought 78.7 to 217 million legal immigrants into the United States in 20 years. equal to 26 to 66 percent of the entire total population of the United States of America of 298 million. That is what we were being asked to vote on. I believe we were correct.
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