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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: one of the most admirable characteristics about the United States is that our Nation distinguishes between the conduct…

On the recordMarch 20, 1996
one of the most admirable characteristics about the United States is that our Nation distinguishes between the conduct of parents and their children. So many times I have seen in, for example, European countries, the children of immigrants in the streets because in those nations there is no distinguishing between the illegal conduct of their parents and the children. We do not blame the children for the conduct of their parents. That, among other reasons, is why we are the moral leader of the world. I truly believe, Mr. Chairman, that we would be making a very grave mistake by adopting this amendment today, and that is why I have risen in opposition to it.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida

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Opposing an amendment related to the treatment of immigrant families.

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