Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Feighan in his call for the unanimous support of this House for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America, who number approximately 50,000. They are marching in Washington today and given that at this time of year we will have Ministers attending St. Patrick's Day parades all over the United States, it is opportune to ask those Ministers to try to improve the plight of the undocumented Irish. This issue is raised in this House regularly. These people cannot come home even if their parents are very sick. They are missing family functions, weddings and so on because they are afraid to come home. We should do everything we can to support the Kennedy-McCain Bill currently going through Congress in America.