Mr. Speaker. it gives me great pleasure to advise my colleagues of the intentions of the National Can Co. of Chicago. Ill.. to fight the serious problem of illegal alien employment. At their recent shareholders meeting. they voted to establish a new policy to ban the hiring of illegal aliens. At the present time it is estimated that there are more than 1 million illegal aliens employed in this Nation. This is distressing when one considers that this Nations unemployment rate is at record levels. I have introduced legislation in the Congress which would make it an immediate Federal crime for employers to knowingly hire illegal aliens. I applaud the National Can Co. for taking this important and courageous initiative which If adopted by other companies could reduce drastically the numbers of illegal aliens employed. Employment is the prime motivating factor which brings these millions of illegal aliens into this country. and if we are to cut off the flow of illegal aliens in this country we must close off the roads which lead them to jobs. At this pointin the RECORD. I would like to include a National Can Co. press release which outlines their new proposal to ban the hiring of illegal aliens:
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