Yet here we are meeting today ironically on another bill and we are putting the screws again to the employer. Our distinguished colleague and my friend from California in offering this amendment I think unfortunately points out what it is that we are doing to the very person in this country who we are asking to provide jobs so people can work. jobs so people can have money to buy Christmas presents. feed their children. send their children to school. and we are putting the screws to them. First of all. on employer sanctions. we are telling the small business man in this country that. "Oh. yes. you can have an affirmative defense if you can have two or three documents that anybody can get at any dime store or any border town to show that a prospective employee is here and it is really not your fault that you hired an illegal alien. a guest worker. an undocumented worker. or whatever we call them from time to time." So we put a burden on the employer by saying. "OK. Mr. Employer. you pay taxes. you provide jobs. and now we want you to be a free cop for the INS because we cannot afford a good. solid. complete border patrol to close our borders." which is another situation entirely. So we take the employer and say. "OK. you can do business. but you are going to be a cop and you are going to keep a bunch of records." Fortunately. and in one sense I thank the gentleman for his amendment because he has now pointed out what the other side of the coin is and that is we are going to put another burden on the employer. "OK. you have to be responsible. Mr.
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