Speech #980043350

This finding is entirely consistent. Mr. President. with the finding by the General Accounting Office that in the approximately 20 foreign nations and 11 American States that have sought to impose employer sanctions. there has been almost a uniform failure of such sanctions to effectively deter illegal immigration. And what evidence is offered by the proponents of this legislation to demonstrate that employer sanctions will deter illegal immigration? They first dismiss the study of the General Accounting Office. saying that employer sanctions failed in those 20 States included because they were not enforced. The proponents argue that where they have been enforced. employer sanctions have worked.