There 7is no legal. control over the activities. or standards of these international agencies and. in my judgment. it is high time that qualifications and responsibility were set up In legal form to control these freewheeling operators. We should do in the international labor field what we have done here at home in the various States. The aching need of American housewives and mothers of small children for home helpers has made them victims of the cynicism and arrogance of prospective aliens who are using the present system as a cover for entering the United States wheke they promptly ditchthe domesticemployer and shift to the high paying and cushy jobs for which they oiginally came to this country but for which they could not have obtained a visa. Often these machinations involve misrepresentation and fraud. and some cases in this area are presently headed for criminal action. However. the majority escape censure or prosecution and their defiance of our statutes is rewarded by employment in a position for which they -could not have obtained entry in the first place. They thus flout the laws set up to protect our domestic workers. The agency is a substantial factor. Because this is a delicate field. however. and touches on the point of involuntary servitude and compulsion to work. immigration authorities have been skittish about revoking a visa when once issued and have backed away from requiring aliens to fulfill the terms of their contracts. Of course a lawsuit for damages! is possible. but performance and not compensation is What is desired. I believe that the innocent public is. entitled to. protection from these unscrupilous agencies. as well as these conniving aliens. and I am today.introducing a bill which seeks to set up standards and safeguards to help employers in the same way that stock market investors are protected by.
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Aliens are using the system as a cover for entering the United States and ditching their domestic employer for high paying jobs.