Mr. President. under the bill before us. U.S. citizens have less rights than an undocumented alien. The base bill says. you break the law. you get benefits up to January 1. 2007. You follow the rule of law. and your right as an American citizen to claim your family. for which you have already submitted a petition. is extinguished as of May 1. 2005. That is fundamentally wrong. How do we promote the rule of law when we say to a U.S. citizen. who has already applied for their family memher waiting abroad. paid their fees. the government has collected them. their application has been approved. they followed the rules and obeyed the law. that they have an inferior rightan inferior rightto someone who did not follow the rules and crossed the border and who will ultimately receive a benefit superior to that of a U.S. citizen who is claiming their family?
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