I am going to talk about those at some length. I will be talking about at least 20 serious flaws in this legislation. but I do not want that to suggest that flaws alone are the only problems with the legislation. In this bill. we do not have a principled approach to the future flow of immigrants into America. that is not a loophole. that is a major flaw. We have not thought through philosophically what we want to do about immigration. We have not made the real commitment I had hoped we would to a more meritbased. skillbased immigration system. I am concerned about all of that. I think the American people are too. The administration and Senator KENNEDY and the others who promoted the legislation talked about some principles as a part of talking points they handed out as the foundation for immigration legislation they would be offering. I first say to my colleagues. the bill does not meet the promises contained in those talking points and those principles. It just simply does not.
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