The Cornyn amendment would change the rules in midstream. That is frowned on in American jurisprudence. it is unconstitutional in criminal law and disfavored elsewhere. People whose conduct would not have affected their immigration status at a time it was committed. will suddenly suffer severe consequence. The retroactivity provisions simply bring home the punitive nature of this amendment. It is not designed to contribute to creation of a tough but fair and practical system of immigration. it is designed to be harshly punitive. This amendment would exclude hundreds of thousands from benefits of this bill and undermine the bipartisan compromise that members of this body worked so long and so hard to produce. We will have an opportunity to vote for an alternative. the amendment I have offered.
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