Hispanics. and Irish among others. followed. beginning a stream that has never yet stopped. Nor. one hopes. will it ever. These immigrant groups have made. and continue to make. New York a great cultural and financial center. So. too. with America as a whole. Surely. we must never back down from our commitment to legal immigration. Our goal should be immigration reformed. not immigration curtailed. In 1981. the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy identified two essential elements of immigration reform. Recall. the Commission found that. given the extraordinary numbers. it would be impossible to find and prosecute all illegal aliens who were already here. As a result. the Commission proposed to legalize many of these illegal aliensa proposal that remained intact in the legislation this body has now passed. The Commission also proposed to deter future illegal immigration by making it a crime to hire an undocumented alienagain. a proposal that is included in the legislation approved by the Senate. Because S. 1200 goes a long way toward implementing the two main proposals of the Select Commission. and includes a number of other provisions I am happy to see included in the bill. I cast my vote in favor of this measure. Among these provisions is an amendment I introduced that will require the General Accounting Office. In consultation with the Immigration and Naturalization Service and experts from business. to produce a study of the technological alternatives now available to produce a more tamperresistant Social Security card. This study will help the young Hispanic worker who needs a document that can quickly establish his legal status to an employers satisfaction. It will help him in his efforts to earn the living. and the dignity to which every hardworking. legal resident of this country is entitled.
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