Mr. President. I rise as I have risen in each of the two earlier occasions the Senate considered immigration control legislation to support this effort to regain control over our borders. Though it has been 3 years since the Senate first acted on this issue. the problems are no less severe. For all practical purposes we still have failed to regain control over our borders. This failure is due not to a lack of effort on the part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. but to a lack of sufficient resources to deal with the problem. and the failure of existing laws to deal with the source of the problemthe availability of jobs for illegal aliens in the United States. The reason I support this legislation is that it addresses these problems head on. The primary means by which the bill addresses the problem is through an increase in resources for the INS and a program known as employer sanctions. Employer sanctions provide penalties for employers who knowingly hire or refer. illegal aliens. The penalties are substantial and in the case of a pattern or practice of offenses include criminal penalties. There is a change in this years bill. however. and that is that the employer sanctions are now voluntary.
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