Mr. Chairman. we have under discussion the immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 . This bill has many individuals on both sides of the issue and the final outcome of this legislation in the lameduck session is very much up in the air. No matter what happens here today I want to present a few thoughts as expressed by my friends in agriculture. Today there are special problems facing agriculture because of the economic recession. and it seems to me that we shouldnt heap any more problems on the agriculture industry if we can help it. I have been advised that the present "H2" program as admistered by the Secretary of Labor leaves a lot to be desired. Acting on this premise the agricultural industry convinced the Senate and the Judiciary Subcomittee on Immigration. Refugees. and International Law to sympathetically establish a more workable temporary foreign worker program for agricultural interests. However. when the parent Judiciary Committee took up the legislation they made major changes. The House Education and Labor Committee then considered the legislation under sequential referral additional damage was done.
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