Speech #930041626

House Resolution 352 provides for consideration of the bill. H.R. 982. which. as reported by our Committee on the Judiciary. would make it unlawful to knowingly employ aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent residence. or who are not otherwise authorized by the Attorney General to work while in the United States. The proposed legislation is designed to cope with the growing problem of job competition created by illegal aliens in the United States. These aliens fall generally into two categories: First. those who entered this country illegally. and second. those who entered legally as nonimmigrants and thereafter violated their status by accepting unauthorized employment. U.S. citizens who suffer from job competition posed by these illegally employed aliens are the unskilled or lowskilled workersthe occupationally disadvantaged to whom our manpower programs are directed. The magnitude of the problem is evidenced by the number of illegal aliens in the United States. estimated to be between 1 and 2 million persons. H.R. 982 would establish a 3step procedure for the imposition of sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens. The civil penalty that is assessed increases in severity as the employer repeats the violation. First. a citation is served on the offending employer or his agent informing him of an apparent violation of the legislation.