RODINOS section 14 as a substitute for my own section 214. if it is so offered. It is. of course. my earnest hope and my expectation that all of the Rodino bill will be given expeditious and favorable handling by the Rodino subcommittee and by the full Judiciary Committee. It contains a great many provisions of great importance in addition to the provision dealing with the employment of illegal aliens. But since we have the vehicle before us for the speedy consideration of the present section 214. since we have the endorsement of the objective by the chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. and by the administration. then I suggest we should move ahead with what we have. get it on its way toward the statute books. and then let the Committee on the Judiciary come up with a further refined versionwhich I. for one. will almost certainly support. Let us look. very briefly at the magnitude of the problem this legislation is aimed at meeting. The figures and findings I mention below are from "The Border Crossers" a splendid study by the Transcentury Corp. prepared for the Department of Labor in 1970 by Mr. David Northwho is a recognized expert on questions of immigration impact on the labor market. According to Norths studywhich was limited to the Mexican border--something like a third of the total border crossing labor force in the border counties is composed of illegals. Most border crossers. the illegal and the legal. according to North. do unskilled work. with the largest single occupation being farm work. This is particularly true.
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