Even more unfortunate. Mr. Chairman. is the near peonage in which illegal aliens are kept. Employers may hire them at below the minimum wage and/or require them to work under substandard conditions. If the employee complains he is turned over to the immigration officials. Our Government simply cannot permit this condition to be continued. We cannot permit any human being to be exploited. Mr. Chairman. It is estimated that there are over 1 million illegal aliens employed in America today. The effect of this is to depress wages for Americans. and by replacing otherwise employable Americans to swell our welfare rolls. This bill. by imposing civil penalties on employers who hire illegal aliens. should put some teeth into the immigration law. I urge all my colleagues to join with me in support of this bill.
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