61.   Higher levels of legal immigration would certainly help, easing labor shortages and increasing the number of taxpayers propping up pension systems.

62.   He was replaced last Friday as head of the Senate immigration panel by a staunch supporter of legal immigration, Spencer Abraham, R-Mich.

63.   If immigration contributes to low wages, why has Congress been so reluctant to reduce legal immigration?

64.   Immigrant-advocacy groups say the legislation has confirmed their worst fears that the backlash against illegal immigration would spill over into legal immigration as well.

65.   In a significant break from both the Republican Party platform and the congressional welfare-reform plan, Dole stressed the importance of protecting legal immigration.

66.   In his speech, Lamm sketched positions including his belief that the United States needs to stop illegal immigration and curb legal immigration.

67.   In particular, they dislike his call for a five-year moratorium on legal immigration.

68.   In June, President Clinton endorsed a recommendation of the Federal Commission on Immigration Reform to cut legal immigration by one-third.

69.   In March, Clinton flip-flopped, sending word to Congress that he no longer supported proposed reductions in legal immigration.

70.   Increasingly, however, specialists say the economic effects require the United States to rethink policies that now give us the highest level of legal immigration in the world.