Mr. Speaker. I am introducing today the Immigration Reform Act of 1984. a comprehensive immigration act that. unlike the SimpsonMazzoli bill. deals directly with the pressing immigration problems of our Nation. and does not provide for a national I.D. system. It is the result of an intensive joint effort with most members of the Hispanic caucus and various organizations concerned with the interests of Hispanics. the preservation of our civil liberties. and adherence to humane immigration policies consistent with our most valued democratic ideals. Unlike the SimpsonMazzoli bill. it does not create an untried. costly regulatory and legal system imposing onerous recordkeeping requirements on all employers and making them subject to sanctions for hiring undocumented workers. The supposed aim of these sanctions is to prevent alien workers without documents from competing with Americans for jobs. Yet. the SimpsonMazzoli bill also contains contradictory provisions that would permit thousands of additional foreign workers to come into the country under guestworker.
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