Alan Simpson

We are not talking about the poor and the wretched and the ragged here, and people being taken advantage of. We are talking about people who are here under the auspices of a sponsor, a sponsor who signed up and said: I promise that this…

all of those who come under the new proposal with the 20,000 per year for the 4 years, or the 5, are exempt from this provision. They would continue to come under that agreement between the President and the Cuban Government. They are not…

let me speak then on the Kennedy amendments. I have spoken on the Cuban Adjustment Act, and I have spoken on the Graham amendment. Let me speak briefly on the Kennedy amendment, the Kennedy amendment en bloc, the two that have been joined…

one of the improvements made by the bill is in the definition of ``public charge'' and ``affidavits of support.'' The bill defines ``public charge'' with reference to taxpayer-funded assistance for which eligibility is based on need. Mr…

These series of amendments deal with a certain issue. They are intended to improve section 118 of the bill which relates to the improvements in the birth certificate and driver's license. These were contained in a single amendment to this…

So with respect to birth certificates, the bill already requires, the bill we are debating, that as of October 1, 1997 no Federal agency--and no State agency that issues driver's licenses or ID documents--may accept for any official…

the question here is, who should pay for assistance to a new immigrant? Should the sponsor who brought the person in the United States and made the promise, the affidavit of support, or should the taxpayer? The bill before the Senate…

I have about 30 seconds. Let me just say we have already exempted school lunch and WIC in the managers' amendment which we passed yesterday. This amendment combines several distinct exemptions to the ``deeming'' requirements in the bill…

the concern here of some of us is the conducting of an investigation on the initiative of the Secretary of Labor or on the basis of a complaint. I wonder if I might inquire of my friend from Massachusetts, if we were to strike the word…

I oppose the amendment. I feel this amendment will create a very large loophole in our Nation's traditional policy that newcomers must be self-supporting. Under the bill, of course, an immigrant is deportable as a public charge if he or…

I am going to leave it at that. I am using precious time, but I will just say that all these things do not take place, all these horrible things, little old ladies, veterans, people. Nothing here takes place if there is a sponsor who…

Finally, Mr. President, that is a powerful, poignant story of discrimination and a disgusting activity, but that is not what we are talking about. We are talking about an employer who has in front of him someone that he has an idea, and he…

I thank the Senator. Certainly, it will not be foreclosed. It is a critical issue. It is also one of those issues that opens some extraordinary avenues of approach in the United States.

I have spent not so many years with people telling me how helpful they can be, and that is the most gratifying thing that I can hardly speak on it through the years. "I want to help you, Senator Simpson." But this amendment is not helpful…

First, let me say the veterans are well taken care of in this country. That one just will not even float. We spend $40 billion for veterans. They have their own health care system.

I hope every one of our colleagues have heard the remarks of the senior Senator from New Mexico. They were powerful, startling, and here is the man whom we entrust with handling our budget activities. And who does it with greater skill and…

as always, over the years, in dealing with this issue of illegal immigration and legal immigration, I appreciated the courtesies and attention of the Senator from Massachusetts. That is evident again. He has a very serious issue he wants…

I appreciate and recognize the concerns of the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig] and our other colleagues in this area. I commend my colleagues for coming here with a concrete, compromise proposal and respectfully suggest the most appropriate…

This issue of deeming is very simple. Deeming is this, and I hope we can try to keep toward this in the debate: The purpose of deeming is to make the sponsor of the immigrant responsible for the needs of the immigrant relative, that…

Mr. President I thank the Senator from Florida. This is an issue that continues, and I hope my colleagues can hear it and understand what it is that we have done here over the years. This is the Cuban Adjustment Act. It has not anything to…

I think what happens in issues like this is you establish a degree of trust. You may have your own views, but we do not lay snares on each other. That is a very important part of legislating--to establish trust, and then you get in there…

I hope that people with amendments will submit those, giving us an opportunity on both sides of the aisle to see what amendments there may be yet forthcoming, because at some point in time--maybe today--we can close the list of amendments…

It is clear here--two generations; about 45 years; two generations. This is it. That is happening now. But you ought to remember what we did. We did legalization. The Senator from Illinois was part of that. I always appreciated his…

I want to express that. This is a singular amendment based upon the majority recommendations from the Jordan commission. We have seen fit to see that it is an issue that will be discussed, voted on, whichever way it goes, and then move on…

this is the amendment to criminalize voting by aliens in Federal elections and make unlawful voting a ground for exclusion and deportation. That is what this amendment is. This is the original Simpson No. 4. This amendment has three parts…