Why is it so hard for us to acknowledge the fact. acknowledge the negative consequences that flow from it. and correct it? Considering how badly received last years Senatepassed amnesty bill was. I am shocked we are here again. admittedly with a better bill in some respects but with a bill with Z visa amnesty right at the heart of it. The American people dont want this. They dont want the Z visa. because they dont want to reward law breaking and thereby encourage more of the same. Tbe Z visa amnesty provision absolutely rewards those who have broken the law and. in doing so. is a slap in the face to those thousands upon thousands of folks who are honoring the law. following the law. standing in line. waiting their turn under the rules. I ask my fellow Senators. are we going to be a nation that values that rule of law? These Z visas tell lawbreakers the opposite. that it is OK to break the law. In doing so. most importantly. most negatively. that has to encourage more like behavior in the future. Clearly. that sort of amnesty sends the wrong message. a reward for breaking the law. Clearly. that encourages the same sort of behavior we absolutely dont want in the future. I think the fundamental question in this debate is. is this bill going to be a repeat of the 1986 immigration reform the Congress passed at that time or is this bill fundamentally different? Again. that is a central question that goes to the heart of the Z visa issue and others. In 1986. Congress took up immigration reform. They passed a significant bill. not as wide sweeping as we are talking about now but certainly a Significant bill. Arguments were very much the same: We are going to beef up enforcement.
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