The bill as reported to the Senate by the committee does not deal with employment within the United States of persons illegally entering this country. In this amendment we are trying to reduce the volume of such illegal entries by imposing penalties upon those who knowingly employ illegal entrants. This should markedly reduce the number of such persons who cross the border. That is our purposenot to strike at the farmers. not to penalize innocent persons. but to stop this flood of illegal immigration and restrict the importation of farm labor to the terms of the law and our agreements with Mexico.
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