I still think it has a great deal of merit. Second. the gentleman from New York and the gentleman from California speak of the problems inherent in the employersanctions concept. The employer. sanctions concept is a good concept. if we want to regulate and rationalize illegal immigration. The present system has not done it. Perhaps. at least in concept. hopefully in reality. the existence of employer sanctions taking away the magnet will work to do that. But we have to deal with two separate questions involved in employer sanctions. the effectiveness of those sanctions. We are. in some fashion. turning over the enforcement of our immigration laws to the hundreds of thousands. even millions. of employers in this country. Second. when an employer. particularly one who does not have elaborate personnel and legal departments. is faced with the potential of civil and criminal penalties. that employer. for totally nonracist reasons. may. when in doubt with respect to the legal status of an applicant. decide to protect himself by excluding that applicant. But the bill attempts. hopefully very effectively. to deal with that in two ways: First. a meaningful and strong antidiscrimination remedy. which I suggest perhaps will be stronger and more effective than the ones that now exist under title VII for discrimination based on race. religious. and national origin. and second. by the inclusion of the sunset which forces us to look at the effectiveness of employer sanctions. and the questions of whether or not discrimination is a byproduct of employer sanctions and compels us to revisit that issue.
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