Unless you get an amendment in this bill that these forms are not going to be used by any Federal agency for any purpose unless the applicant himself has requested the papers for a court case in order to show that he was discriminated against or not. but if that kind of an amendment is not in this bill. then the potential for mischief is there. because the Department of Labor. the INS. the Treasury Department. anybody. can come in to an employer who keeps a stack of these applicants who were not hired. they will come in and say periodically. "I want a list of the people who have applied." And off they go. following each and every one of them. going into their homes. "I understand that you applied at La Casita Farms. and you say that you have this and this document. I want to see it." And they will be harassed from now until tomorrow. around the clock. This is the only way that they are going to have of checking to find out if there are any illegal aliens with counterfeit documents. And you are making it possible. under some of the provisions of this bill and later on in another amendment that says that the potential employer has to keep them. Then that is just a birds nest on the ground. Knowing how the Government worksand this is going to be part of their enforcementthey are depending on the sanctions provisions of this bill to enforce immigration laws. something that the Government ought to be doing instead of putting it on the backs of American citizens to enforce the law. Certainly I think the American citizens should respect the law. but they should not be made a law enforcement officer. as this bill would have them do under the sanctions. And this is just one more plank. along with the good intentions of the distinguished Congressman from California. the other side of the coin is that the potential for harassment is there at the Governments bidding all up and down the line.
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