Speech #980213458

First of all I want to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from New Mexico. I think he has put the issue in the proper international perspective. with one exception. I would say to my good friend from New Mexico that other Members of this Congress are going to see. should this bill become law. the various effects of enforcement which I spoke about in communities in our area. as soon as we begin the implementation of the SimpsonMazzoli bill by the beefed up Border Patrol and the Immigration Services in this country. It is not going to any longer be just your community in New Mexico or mine in Texas that is going to be affected. Probably the largest numbers of undocumented workers in this country are not in your communities or mine. but rather in areas such as Chicago and New York and Philadelphia and Kansas City and Los Angeles and other such places across this land. When they begin to see that their employers. their business men and women will have the obligation to stand up before a court and accept a fine of not just $1.000 or $2.000 as has been misstated here. but $1.000 or $2.000 for each undocumented worker so employed. I think then they will begin to understand its serious impact. And when such persons are jailed. if my amendment is not adopted.