Mr. President. make no mistake about it. with many good intentions which were covered in the Kennedy amendment. this guts the bill because it not only eliminatesit not only says that felons should not become citizens. and we agree with that. it says that anyone who has filed an illegal paper should not become a citizen. That is every immigrant who would be on the path to citizenship. This body voted against eliminating that provision overtly a few weeks ago. Now they are trying to do the same thing covertly because if you vote for this amendment. you will say no one will have a path to citizenship. no one who works. because everyone who has worked had to file a Social Security paper or something like that.
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Every immigrant on the path to citizenship has filed an illegal paper.