There is also a general notion that somehow we are being unfair to families. As Senator KENNEDY has frequently pointed out. after this legislation is passed. for a period of 8 years. the total family percentage coming into the United States will be 74 percent. And you add another 15 percent for humanitarian visas. and there is only 11 left for the employment visas. Today. 65 percent are family visas. In subsequent years. families will still be the majority of immigrants to the United States 51 percent. Then you add to that another 17 percent for asylum seekers and other humanitarian visas. 17 percent of the total is a very humane number for the United States. We can still be very proud of our tradition of allowing the poor. hungry. and downtrodden to come to this country. and we will still have a majority of familybased visas in this country.
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