I have examined this and members of my subcommittee have examined the amendment offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. Rohrabacher], and it just invites racial discrimination. It is almost frightening what would happen to the children and the parents of the children if this became law. My colleagues, we cannot turn schoolteachers into Border Patrol agents and have these children harassed by standing up and saying, ``What are you? What are you?'' And of course, the cost of all of these statistics is going to be enormous, and especially in my State of California where unfortunately so many of the undocumented persons end up. Also, these schools are stuck, happily, with a Supreme Court decision which says that they have to be educated no matter who they are, that they are entitled by law to an education. So Mr. Chairman, I urge a resounding no vote.
William Edwards: “I have examined this and members of my subcommittee have examined the amendment offered by the gentleman from California…”
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Opposing an amendment related to immigration and education during debate on the crime bill.
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