Speech #970275713

Members said that we have enough provisions in the bill to guard against discrimination in the bill. six instances of provisions to guard against discrimination. I would like to point out that these are in the form of afterthefact reporting requirements. The bill. as long as it gives the employers the power and. indeed. the burden of deciding whether employee X is an American citizen or an illegal alien. or whether documentation presented is genuine or bogus. is very much open to discrimination. As some of my colleagues pointed out last night. if this bill is not discriminatory why does it not have support from Hispanic. black. civil libertarian. and church groups? Editorial boards across the Nation have inferred that H.R. 7357 is a legislative compromise that enjoys universal support.