Among other things. it removes the Agriculture Secretary from any role in the H2 determination. restricts the stay of H2 workers to 8 months. and does not allow more than the number of H2 workers admitted in fiscal year 1982 to enter until the Labor Secretary can certify that he can adequately enforce the program. Another provision of the bill as it relates to agriculture deserves mention. Employer sanctions remove the magnet for illegal immigrationjobsby penalizing employers who hire illegal aliens. A secure form of verification is intended to protect both the employer and the workers by proving that they are able to work here legally. However. given that the H2 program is already inadequate for agriculture. employer sanctions and verification will further hamper growers ability to hire workers to harvest crops. Growers in my district hire illegal aliens because they are available and because. for the most part. Americans will not do the backbreaking and tedious work required. Further. agriculture is not conducive to the kinds of bookkeeping required by the bill. and I have difficulty visualizing the process of predawn ID checks and paperwork as a busload of H2 workers or farmworkers in general shows up for work.
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Americans will not do backbreaking work.