The personal data would be limited strictly to information that all employers require of potential employees. There would be no invasion of personal privacy. If H.R. 982 works. over a million jobsmany of them highly skilled. and all of them sorely neededcan be opened for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants. If this bill Is enacted without some fair means for easily knowing whether the prospective employee Is employable or not. the law will not only be unfair to employers. especially the innocent ones. but it will increase litigation and never solve the problem. At this point. I wish to insert in the RECORD an editorial in the Washington Post which concludes that "putting the burden on private employers is a poor answer" to the illegal alien problem. and also urges that the use of the social security card as an employee identification card should be seriously explored. Mr. Speaker. I am today introducing legislation to establish an "employee identification card." I believe such a system is fair. workable. and would make a significant contribution to solving the illegal alien problem. it would notlet me emphasizewould not be an "internal passport". it could not be demasided or required as identification by any Federal official or employer other tlan for the use already authorized for the present social security card. Mr. Speaker.
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