I thank the Senator for his leadership. and that is the point I have tried to make this morning. I thank Senator MARTINEZ. The Senator himself is an immigrant from Cuba and has risen to serve as a member of the Cabinet of the President of the United States and now an outstanding Member of this Senate. I am proud to know him. I am also proud his wife is from my hometown of Mobile. AL. She is wonderful also. As I understand the chain migration matter. in fact. it does end chain migration mostly. but it does allow 40.000 parents to come each year. There are some restrictions on it. but 40.000 parents. So those 40.000 more elderly parents--by the way. Canada gives points for youth. They believe Canada benefits from a younger rather than an older immigrant. But those parents who comewe have to be honest with ourselves are not going to be net gain like a young skilled person. But that was the compromise they pounded away at. Some said family reunification. we have to have family reunification. So instead of eliminating aging parents. they agreed to cap them at about half the number we currently have of parents who get to come each year. But what I want to ask you to think about is. here is a young man in Honduras who went to high school. graduated. maybe was valedictorian of his class. taken English. utilizes television and radio to improve his English. has 2 years of college.
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Older immigrants are not a net gain like younger skilled people.