That is for two reasons: One. because that is what the law says. You should not be in the country if you dont have the permission of our Government legally to be here. No. 2. one of the things we are concerned about in enforcing of the immigration laws is to make sure that terrorists dont get into the country. We should be particularly concerned that we dont have people with terrorist connections working for our contractors or working for the Government itself. Without a doubt. we have an illegal immigration problem. That was evident from the legitimate hoorah people raised against the bill and against the amnesty provisions of it and the 2 weeks of debate we had this spring on the issue. People are crossing our borders each day to live and work in the United States. Some of these individuals may have innocent motives but some may not. There may be some illegal or undocumented individuals living in the shadows who aim to bypass law enforcement and do our country harm. We dont live in a pre9/11 world anymore. so we must do all we can to protect our country and our assets. My amendment would do two things.
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