President. this amendment provides an excellent opportunity for the Senate to deal realistically with an issue of tremendous importance. not only to the farmers of the Western States. but to consumers. and the Mexican nationals who. for years. have been migrating into this country for a short period of time to earn a few American dollars to raise their standard of living. My amendment provides the necessary flexibility to employers and employees alike. It guarantees that domestic workers will not be displaced. And most significantly it is a program that will operate with a minumum amount of Government involvement. It will function in a free and simple manner thus guaranteeing that alien workers will indeed participate and not opt to remain as illegal aliens. The workers will receive the protections from employer abuses to which their illegal status now subJects them. I urge my colleagues to consider this proposal with care.
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