Speaker. today I am cosponsoring with the gentleman from Ohio a bill which is designed to refine the current operation of the socalled alien commuter system on our borders with Canada and. Mexico. The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that each commuter alien must be regularly certified ever 6 months by the Department of Labor in order to assure that his presence in the United States to seek or continue employment does not adversely affect wages and working conditions of American workers similarly employed. Under the commuter system. Canadian and Mexican workers who have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence and who hold green cards are permitted to reside In Canada or Mexico and regularly commute across the border to jobs in the United States. Experts consider the commuter system largely responsible for the stabilization of poverty in the Southwest. particularly. A staff report called "The Commuter on the United StatesMexico Border." prepared by the U.S.
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