Speech #940114729

Unknown millions of dollars remain uncollected in income taxes. Many aliens send money to their country of origin where their families reside. causing losses to our balance of payments. Others bring their whole families here in hopes of eventual naturalization. Since preference for naturalization is given to those aliens who have relatives as citizens. a new dimension of the problem has been created. One immigration file shows that 14 persons became legal residents because one illegal alien had a child here. One parent and then another was admitted because their child was a citizen. they petitioned to have other children admitted. and then to have the children of their children admitted. plus the parents of their childrens spouses. and finally. their own parents. In other cases. fraudulent marriages are arranged in order to gain citizenship. Quoting Attorney General Saxbe. They mock our system of legal immigration. Illegal aliens. aware that they have violated laws in the past with impunity. and knowing that Federal officials have no knowledge of their presence in this country. have very little incentive to obey other laws which affect them. In Los Angeles. a recent study showed that in one month. 36 percent of those arrested on felony charges were illegal immigrants. Not only are these people breaking immigration laws and minimum wage regulations. but they are involved in more serious crimes of violence and theft. If we can effectively eliminate illegal aliens chance of employment in the United States. these subsequent problems will subside since illegals will have no reason to enter this country. Again. ZPG recognized this need and recommended that. The main thrust of any illegal alien policy must be towards preventing entry. thus minimizing the need for detection procedures within the country. Since the prospect of employment is the magnet that draws illegal aliens. employers should be effectively prohibited from knowingly hiring illegal aliens. I have introduced the Alien Employment Act. S. 1928. in order to share the responsibility for preventing illegal employment among the individual employee. the employer. the U.S. Attorney General. the Social Security Administration. and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The success of this plan depends almost entirely on the cooperation achieved by these groups. I believe their efforts toward a common end will stimulate a natural. rapid solution to the alien problem.