The matter of control has only become important in recent years in view of a large and increasing influx of people. We have had a system of laws in our country that have been reliant largely upon voluntary compliance. with a small percentage of enforcement. The immigration law is a part of that tradition. The registry date provision that is in the law and it is being updated in this bill if it is retained or the bill is passed in that final form. that is a way for lawabiding people to apply for regularization of their status. but it has been argued that the problem cannot be handled through the existing registry date provision. It would be administratively difficult or impossible. Well. no. if that is impossible. then we know that the legalization program is completely impossible as contained in the bill. There is a similar degree of fictionality. I think. about the allegation that there would be mass deportations if this amendment is adopted. It is not going to happen. There are various ways. as has been pointed out. in which those people who are affected by an undocumented status are going to deal with their situation. It has been argued that legalization and employer sanctions go together. Watch that argument. folks. OK. what if. in a few years. we have another large group of new undocumented aliens identified? Then do we say. well. we have got to have a new amnesty. or do we repeal the employer sanctions or do we just reject the concept that we are employing today in saying that legalization and employer sanctions go together? -They do not necessarily go together. They are two independent concepts which hav6 been argued together. but they will not work in the future together unless we are committing ourselves now to an endless chain of new amnesties.
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