Political Quotes

“I wish to speak in relationship to this legislation, and in favor in particular of title II of the District of Columbia portion of this legislation. Title II incorporates an agreement reached recently between House and Senate negotiators to correct provisions in last year's immigration law. These provisions, as they were being interpreted by the Board of Immigration Appeals and others, would have had the effect of changing the rules in the middle of the game for thousands of Central Americans and others who came to the United States because their lives and families had been torn apart by war and oppression and are seeking permanent residency here. That violates the sense of fairness that is so much a part of the American character. Mr. President, during the 1980s civil wars rocked Central America. These civil wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala were of great importance to the United States. They critically affected our national security policy, as well as our conception of America's role in the Western Hemisphere.”