Speech #910104635

Mr. President. I introduce a bill which provides that during the 2 years after its enactment no alien shall be ineligible to receive a visa or excluded from admission into the United States under section 212(a) (14) of the Immigration and Nationality Act if such alien is to be employed as an underground hardrock miner upon entry into the United States. I am doing this to make it possible for the hardrock mining companies in my State of Utah. and elsewhere. to recruit hardrock miners overseas and bring them to the United States. I have been advised that there are not enough domestic workers available to meet the needs of these mining companies. The companies have sought to have such workers placed on the schedule C. PreCertification Division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service without any success. The Immigration Service has taken the position that there are hardrock miners available at Calumet. Mich.. but the companies inform me that they have attempted to recruit the Calumet miners without success. They now feel they must turn to manpower from overseasin Mexico. the Scandanavian countries. and elsewhere.