Speech #1090135526

I sincerely hope they are accurate. and not mine. It is imperative that the American people. however. be able to trust their Governmentparticularly those agencies that enforce these lawswhen discussing issues such as these. My amendment will adopt the CBO and White House estimates as the realistic result of S. 2611s increases in immigration. Under the amendment we are offering. the number of green cards that CBO and the White House estimate will be needed will be made available for the adjustment of status provisions and future immigration levels caused by the bill. First. the amendment limits the number of green cards available under the bills amnesty provisions to twothirds of the qualified illegal alien population of about 10.3 milliona total of 7 million green cards. Second. the amendment limits the increase in future immigration to 8 million above the current level of 10 million over 10 years. Under the amendment. the total number of green cards issued shall not exceed 18 million over any 10year period. starting with the 20072016 10year period. Because real numbers of current immigration levels would only reach about 9.500.000 in 10 years. an additional 500.000 green cards are added to the White Houses estimate in this amendment. It is important that we limit the bills effects to the numbers being used to justify the bills passage. at least. The American people are much more accepting when they know the numbers we are asking them to believe in.