Mr. Chairman the amendment I am offering would provide a workable solution to the burgeoning problem of controlling the illegal alien situation in this country. which has become nearly impossible to control. In the past the problem has been confined principally to border areas but this is no longer the case. Illegal aliens by the thousands are now located throughout the entire country. This particular amendment would allow legal use of alien labor on a temporary basis when the need can be proven. Basically the proposal provides for a new type of nonresident visa to allow aliens to enter this country on a temporary basis to fill specific jobs on a contract basis for a specific employer under specific terms for a specific period of time. and it can only be approved by the Secretary of Labor under the conditions he sets out under his criteria. The criteria and approval makes certain and assures that there will be no exploitation of this particular labor. There are many jobs that we have in this country that are impossible to fill because labor is not available. This would at least give the employer the opportunity to go to the Secretary of Labor with his proposition and get a specific contract that will benefit the alien under such admission. I am talking about such things as need for upholsterers and other types of requests that we as Representatives have encountered time after time. If we are going to pass this general bill today. cutting off illegal aliens. which we will undoubtedly do under this bill. we have to afford some substitute for the employer to find a substitute for alien labor under controlled conditions.
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