Speech #980213529

With this background. the work product of this international meeting assumes particular significance. Some of the results of the discussionsincluded in a series of statementsare particularly relevant as we debate the efficacy of employer sanctions. The statement on "Specific Motivations and Underlying Causes of Undocumented Migration" includes the following recommendation: "Every effort should be made by countries of origin and receiving countries to eliminate illegal trafficking of labour force. Governments should also exert a greater control over employers to prevent illegal hiring and its negative effects." and that is what we are attempting to do. The statement on "Undocumented Migrants and the Regularization of Their Status" concludes that[A] program of regularizatlon (another term for legalization) will not by itself prevent the development of further irregular situations. Governments should therefore take additional measures at the same time. which may include the institution or enforcement of immigration and labour laws restricting the entry and prohibiting employment of undocumented migrants. The essential point here Is that H.R. 1510s prohibition on the knowing employment of undocumented workers reflects an international consensus far broader than just the consensus of the Members of the House and Senate who have been dealing with this issue in the Judiciary Committees. H.R. 1510 attempts to discourage the annual flow of hundreds of thousands of undocumented aliens by removing the major inducement to illegal migrationthe magnet that draws people to these shoresthe opportunities for employment.