Speech #930041824

This Is not done with everyone seeking employment. but only with the individuals whom he selects. This is why I believe this to be most discriminatory. Employers argue that immigration is the responsibility of the Department of Immigration. Whether the committee agrees with this or not. it is so. It is the responsibility of the Department of Immigration to deal with immigration problems in the United States. But. what happens under this law is that the entire responsibility then is placed on the employer. and the employer then must make a finding of fact as he makes a determination on whether or not that individual is in the United States with a legal status. The employers also argue that if Congress feels that the Department of Immigration is incompetent. or if Congress feels that the Department of Immigration is unable to do its job. that there is a remedy. that this Congress can remedy the situation by making it possible for the Department of Immigration to impose a fine on those employees who hire illegal immigrants. We have all read in the papers many. many times of employers who have been raided and many illegals have been apprehended and sent back to their country of origin. But what has happened to the employer? Absolutely nothing. This Congress has the power to give the Department of Immigration whatever it needs to do what it must to see to it that such an employer never hires again an illegal alien. The employers with whom I talk are absolutely correct when they say that this is the responsibility of the Department of Immigration and not their responsibility at all. What actually happens is that the employer is forced to do the jok of the Department of Immigration. The Department of Immigration has certain responsibilities and certain knowledge that an employer does not possess. He. the employer. is the first to admit he is not trained to do this job. therefore. he should not be forced to do it. The employer will also be the first to say that he does not want the job anyway.