Mr. Chairman. if I may reclaim my time from the gentleman. I would say that prior to that occurring. this employer will have gone through a long string of notices. a long string of hearings. and a long string of having hired undocumented aliens time and time and time again before that sort of thing would occur. The employer still has the affirmative defense available to him. In order to have the criminal penalty used against him. it must be proved that he knowingly hired an undocumented alien. These are not people who are being accidentally penalized. These are people who have demonstrated a pattern of conduct. and after having demonstrated it time and time and time again. the criminal penalty would be applied.
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