I say to the Senator from North Dakota I was very pleased to support both his amendments for those reasons and reasons similar to them. I hope the Senator can get a vote on his revised amendment. I think it is important we deal with this immigration issue in a very realistic and practical manner. with the focus being the wellbeing of individuals who are here legally and who are citizens whose wages and salaries are in many ways being held down by these types of programs. The guest worker programs are classic examples of that. I also would like to say that with respect to the timeline in the present bill and the cutoff for full legalization being anyone who came here before December 31 of last year. or before January 1 of this year. one of the questions that has been raised on my amendment is: Well. what do we do with these people who havent been here 4 years?
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