You have a legalization that is actual. that is real. that will mean something to those people who have been in your community for long periods of time and become members of those communities for long periods of timethose very same people that many Members have asked our subcommittee to pass private bills on behalf of. I might add. those same people that we have received letters on behalf of in prior times when we dealt with private legislation. letters from the community leaders saying. "We know they came here illegally. but make an exception for this person. who has become a good member of our community." We have done that in a general sense in the legalization. We have assisted enforcement. because the Border Patrol will tell you that the single thing that they have needed and asked for and been without for years is employer sanctions. "How." they say. "can we enforce a law that says that it is illegal to come here for work without proper documentation. but it is not illegal for the employer to hire that person?" We will answer the question as to those who have been exploited by those few employersand I say that they are few. but they are nonetheless herewho have hired illegal aliens specifically so that they can exploit them. That is unfair to those workers. It is unfair to the competitors in those industries. other employers. who follow the law and are undercut in their competitiveness by the fact that those are breaking the law and taking advantage.
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