I congratulate the people who produced it. that they began to discuss it because last year it was not even discussed. I talked about it on the floor repeatedly. I asked how we could debate comprehensive immigration reform and nobody even ask what they are doing in Canada. So they put the Canadian system in here. But it is so weak that it is a great disappointment. Well. I indicated that illegal immigration would only drop 13 percent. What about the proposal for legal immnigration on the legislation? Well. it is going to go up 100 percent. Legal Immigration will double in the next 20 years. Now we have looked at the numbers. I think this is indisputable. We will have twice as many people getting legal permanent residence over the next 20 years as we would under current law. I am not sure when the average citizen listened to our colleagues and they announced on that big day. the grand bargain. that we were talking about a proposal that would hardly limit legal immigration at all and would double legal immigration. I dont think that is what they had in mind when comprehensive reform was discussed. What about cost?
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