Mr. President. I rise to clarify what seems to me to be an ambiguous provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982. The part I am unsure of is contained in title 1. section 101(d) (1) and (2). These sections make it a crime for a person to engage in a pattern or practice of hiring persons not eligible to work in the United States. As introduced. the bill provided that criminal penalties may be assessed against a person who had illegally hired an unqualified worker three or more times. I understand the reasons for making this change but I am concerned that restricting prosecutions to persons engaged in a "pattern or practice" of illegal conduct does not provide specific enough guidance to the Attorney General.
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