Mr. President. once again Senator BINGAMAN is correct and has a very. very important amendment. My staff was the first to alert the country to the huge numbers that are involved in this bill and the extraordinary increases in legal immigration that will occur. We ran the numbers also. Senator BINGAMANS previous amendment helps fix some of those problems. This one will further help. Under current law for employmentbased green cards. 140.000 people are allowed in the country each year. and spouses and children count against that 140.000. Under the bill that is on the floor today. that number goes to 450.000. and spouses and children do not count. Utilizing the numbers of the Congressional Research Service. as the Senator said. 1.2 children and a spouse per worker coming in. that would total 990.000 under this simple provision alone.
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