On the recordSeptember 14, 1995
I oppose the amendment for several reasons. I hope that my colleague will hear them clearly. To begin, I want to put to rest some serious misconceptions about the sponsor alien deeming--the 'deeming' provisions in this bill. Please know that the bill's immigrants provisions do not affect anyone in the United States who is already a naturalized citizen. Please hear that. Similarly, noncitizens within the United States who become citizens will also be wholly unaffected by the bill's immigrants provision. Deeming provisions which the Feinstein amendment seeks to alter affect only those who immigrate after enactment. This Nation's policy on welfare used by immigrants should conform, in my mind, to three basic principle: First, the newcomers should be self-supporting. That is our Nation's first general immigration law. That was put on the books in 1882. It prohibited the entry of individuals likely to become a public charge.
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