The employer gets. not one. but three strikes before he can be subjected to any criminal penalties. Any employer who honestly desires to comply with the law will have no trouble with this bill. By the same token. he will be under no pressure to refrain from hiring any person merely because that person speaks with an accent or otherwise may appear to be of foreign origin. I submit that if Members believe we have an illegal alien problem and need to strengthen this feature of our immigration laws. then our committee. after months and months of study. has come up with a reasonable way to solve the problem.
Identified stereotypes
Associating foreign accents with being an illegal alien.