It may alsoand I say this tentatively. pending completion of hearings by the Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommitteeneed improved management techniques to direct its forces. In the face of these needs. what does H.R. 982 provide us with? A statement that employers must try to en~ure that they do not hire illegal aliens. A procedure for chastening employers who violate the bills provisionsbut minimum sanctions against violators. and then only for repeat offenders. A requirement that welfare officials report the names of illegal aliens who are receiving benefits under their programs. When the INS Associate Commissioner for Management was asked during our hearings: By approximately how much would (passage of H.R. 982) decrease your need for additional manpower in the next few years? He responded: I couldnt say. I dont think it would decrease it at all for the next few years. Mr. Chairman. this bill does not address itself to the vital problems of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It does. however. indicate a congressional willingness to face up to those problems. and it does provide a frameworkif not flesh for that skeletonto make a first step in solving them. For those reasons alone.
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