Chairman. I rise in support of the PanettaMorrison amendment because it represents a fair way to mitigate the damages of this piece of legislation. both for guest workers and those who depend on their work to pick perishable crops. I would say to begin with. that those of us who live in harmony and friendship with guest workers from south of the border greatly resent many aspects of the SimpsonMazzoli bill which will violate the civil liberties of legal and illegal residents of this country without resolving the underlying problems that cause immigration pressures. We recognize that guest workers come here to work not because they want to leave home. but because they have to leave to support their families. Each of us in the Congress would do the same if our families were faced with starvation at home.
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