Speech #970225583

Mr. President. the employer sanctions currently included in S. 2222 are objectionable on four main grounds: First. unreasonably burdensome to the employer. second. costly for the American taxpayer. third. unlikely to curb significantly the flow of illegal immigrants. and fourth. potentially discriminatory against any job applicant of foreign origin. The paperwork alone. which S. 2222 would generate through mandatory usage of verification forms by an employer. is staggering. With an estimated 70 million job changes annually in the private. nonagricultural sector. not including referrals or recruiting or "casual" employment. that amounts to the Federal Government generating and ultimately monitoring 70 million transactions a year. 190.000 transactions a day. or 2.3 transactions a second.