[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4284]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           LEGAL IMMIGRATION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, if I may just add, the colloquy 
between the majority leader and my good friend from Arizona certainly 
underscores once again the extraordinary contribution legal immigration 
has made to our country for over 200 years. I think of, as an example, 
my own wife, who came here at age 8, not speaking a word of English. 
The majority leader was just pointing out an immigrant from Vietnam who 
has done well. Senator McCain has said the same thing that all three of 
us have said on numerous occasions. So it is indeed something to 
celebrate.

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