The many inequities of the current H2 program will only be increased by the adoption of these or any amendments which effectively create a guest worker program. The changes will further erode the civil and labor rights of U.S. workers while at the same time allowing for a larger number of temporary workers to be employed in the United States without the protection of those civil and labor rights. Senator ALAN SIMPSON has commented that "once employers can use foreign workers. they want to keep using them and discourage U.S. workers. thereby justifying a continued need for Mexican labor." Staff members of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy recommended against any substantial expansion in foreign worker recruitment at this time. I respectfully concur and call for the deletion of the H2 amendments to H.R. 7357 as reported by the Judiciary Committee. When taken in the context of the entire bill these changes are premature and may be altogether unnecessary given the labor force which will be given legal status through the legalization provision of this bill.
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