Alan Simpson

Let me just say that I speak from perhaps a little special vantage point because I served as the assistant leader to Bob Dole for 10 years. Those were 10 of the finest years I have spent in public life, and I have had some very exciting…

The amendment would modify section 112 of the bill relating to pilot projects on systems to verify work authorization and eligibility to apply for public assistance. It has three parts. The first part would require that at a minimum three…

I have no further comments with regard to the amendment, but I emphasize to our colleagues that we are going to proceed and try to accommodate each and every one of the Members who are involved in the amending process. We are certainly not…

this is like a symphony. We are returning once again to the central theme: This is about deeming, and it is about the sponsor paying what the sponsor promised to pay. I hear every one of those remarkable and compassionate examples that the…

there is no one more sincere in his beliefs than my friend from Rhode Island. He is a man of great integrity and courage, and I admire his strength as he does his work. He is good at it. This is another one of those amendments--this is my…

I would like to commend my able colleague for this excellent suggestion. Unlike some of the rest of what he has proposed in connection with this legislation, I wholeheartedly commend his untiring efforts with respect to criminal aliens…

I deeply thank the Senator from Ohio. With the remaining minute, let me just say I am very pleased it was withdrawn. I, too, have read the language, and the very troubling part is the part that says ``resistance to a coercive population…

I will tell you who should pay for the legal immigrant: the sponsor who promised to pay for the legal immigrant. This is not mystery land. This is extraordinary. How can we keep coming back to the same theme when the issue is so basic? If…

Yes. The one that is before the body is the sense of the Congress regarding the critical role of the interior Border Patrol saying that it plays a key role in apprehending and deporting undocumented aliens and plays a critical role in the…

I intend to do so because it certainly is one that is not strange to us, and the date of its original passage was--so that the staff may be aware of the measure, that was in the Congressional Record of September 8, 1995, page S12915…

Mr. President, I want to emphasize that the bill provides very clearly an opportunity for every single person, every single person without documents, or with fraudulent documents--please hear this-- fraudulent documents or proper documents…

I do agree with the Senator's amendment. Senator Hatch and I respectfully differ on this. There are two things wrong with employer sanctions--lack of enforcement and fraudulent documents. This will solve one.

I think we have had an interesting debate. We probably will have a little bit more. There is no time agreement here. But there are some serious distortions presented to us, and that is always vexing because obviously persons are listening…

We only make the sponsor pay what the sponsor is able to pay. ... Should the taxpayers of America pick that up when the sponsor is financially able to do it?

let me just come to a little review of the amendment of Senator Leahy. The Senator from Vermont spoke of the alien who was so traumatized that he or she cannot speak about it at entry, and so they would not be in a position to immediately…

There is a Hutchison amendment which has been questioned by the Senator from Florida. There is a Simpson-Kennedy amendment with regard to verification. And then there is a place holder amendment which I intend to present, the Moynihan-Dole…

It is true that individuals already in the country will not be the beneficiaries of new legally enforceable sponsor agreements that will be required after enactment. It is also true that some of those, those who have been here less than 5…

I think my old friend, Senator Bradley from New Jersey, has put his finger right down on one of the most critical issues in dealing with the problem of illegal immigration, which is the magnet of jobs, employment, which draws illegals to…

Let me be so very clear here. We are, as the Senator from Vermont said, not talking about an antiterrorism bill. There was an amendment on the antiterrorism bill which passed the Senate by a vote of 61 to 38 which is, in many cases, quite…

I could not believe my ears. Someone else was listening to it with great attention. I hope we at least are beyond that point. Today the American employer has to ask their employee, the person seeking a job, new hire, for documentation…

here we are again dealing with the issue of deeming. When I said that my colleagues were persistent, I did not mean to leave out Senator Paul Simon of Illinois. In my experience of 25 years knowing this likeable man, I know his persistence…

To require that all deportation notices be in Spanish as well as English, when many deportees do not speak Spanish, but rather one of a score of other languages--Spanish is not the language of all people we deport. We deport people from…

I make the eternal lament--if our colleagues could come forward with the same vigor in which they produced their amendments at the last call, as they draped some 100 or so up front at the desk. And, of course, we are limited procedurally…

I respectfully say that the INS has translators in each of these situations. There is a clear understanding because a deportation notice is a serious issue, and the current law requires--demands--and says ``shall'' even if the alien does…

I commend her for her extraordinary work in this field. But what we are trying to avoid here by what we did in the bill is that the law does not give an option to put it in Spanish or English. The present law says that it 'shall be' in…