For this reason. this morning. the Senate voted overwhelmingly to reject the Feinstein amendment. which basically would have undone this delicate compromise. this fragile compromise we have been told has to be maintained at all costs. That amendment would have simply opened the door to amnesty for 12 million people who are here and not require anyoneno matter how short a time they have been hereto do very much of anything distinguishable. at least from the 1986 amnesty. The difference between what the Senate voted for earlier. which the Senator from Illinois references. is that those individuals had already had their day in court and been ordered deported but had simply gone underground. We recognized an extreme hardship exception there in an effort to try to work across the aisle with the Senator from Massachusetts and others. and the Senator from Arizona. Mr.
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