Mr. Speaker. as you know. the [louse Judiciary Committee is now considering H.R. 3080. the Immigra. tion Control and Legislation Amendments of 1985. As in the past. the proposal has raised concerns among many individuals and organizations about the fairness and effectiveness of employer sanctions as the means of controlling undocumented work. ers into this country. For too long employer sanctions have been billed as the only workable solution to this problem with little attention paid to the enforcement of existing labor laws. I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues some very interesting information on employer sanctions as they already exist in the United States. The report. entitled "Employer Sanctions Laws. Worker Identification Systems. and Undocumented Aliens: The States Experience and Federal Proposals." looks very closely at States sanctions laws and concludes that they have not worked. I hope that a thoughtful review of this material will shed some light on employer sanctions effectiveness in States that have already imposed them. Twelve of our 50 States have sanctionsand they dont work. Obviously. these considerations are very important to overall debate on how best to reform this Nations immigration laws. I therefore offer an excerpt from the study for insertion into the RECOiiD.
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