Speech #960093676

The opponents of this amendment will suggest that there ought to be better enforcement. I agree. but there is no question. and Secretary Marshall in his letter to me said. that they. the U.S. Department of Labor. "* * * believe that this provision is harmful to domestic farmworkers and is inconsistent with the intent of the Immigration and Nationality Act which allows for the admission of temporary foreign workers only e when unemployed workers in this coun. try are not available." t The gentleman from New Jersey in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORI of July 21. 1979. entered a statement i1n favor of my amendment. He said hE F would not be present during the consideration of the bill but he wanted to makE the following statement. I quote in part: Section 4 of H.R. 3920 allows for the con. tinued exemption of agricultural employers from paying unemployment insurance taxes on wages paid to alien workers who are imported into this country under a temporary alien worker programknown as the H2 program.