I am glad we defeated the attempt to eliminate that last week. The people, in dealing with 245(i), are not criminal aliens, but this bill that does deal with criminal aliens and people who are here illegally, I simply want to commend the bipartisan nature of the cooperation, the bipartisan cooperation with which this bill was drafted and brought to the floor. Hopefully, it will be passed today. I urge all my colleagues to support it.
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