Mr. Chairman. H.R. 16188 has as its purpose to repeal the exemption of employers now contained in the Immigration and Naturalization Act from the prohibition against "harboring" illegal aliens. There has been an increasing number of persons wno enter this country illegally. take jobs needed by the unemployed in our own land. and are paid substandard wages by exploiting employers. Now. I have no quarrel with legal immigrants. These are an entirely different category of aliens. It is the illegal immigrants or illegal aliens who rob not only our own citizens. but those legal immigrants from the opportunity for needed jobs. The present exemption of employers from antiharboring provisions frustrates and defeats the declared policy of Congress which should be to protect the employment opportunities and labor standards of American workers. H.. 16188 is not only workable and effective legislation. but completely fair in that It provides for notice and warning before any punitive action is taken against persons violating the law.
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