NANCY PELOSI. and the majority leader here. and all of us. It Is a bipartisan group. But the Congressional Budget Office has analyzed our current law and concluded that if current law is not changed. we will have 10 million more illegal immigrants in our country in the next 20 years. We have 12 million now. maybe 20 million. But we would have 10 million more under current law. They say if this legislation were to be passed. we would have some reduction of illegality at the bordernot muchbut we would have an increase in visa overstays because we have so many temporary guest worker programs going on. and the net result would be that this Nation would only have a reduction of 13 percent in the Illegal flow of immigrants into our country. Indeed. there would be 8.9 million more persons illegally in our country 20 years from now than today. Now. what does that say about my good and wellintentioned colleagues who are trying to tell us all that the thing is going to work. that if you do not pass this amnesty. if you do not give these benefits to people who came here illegally. then you will not get enforcement?
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