Speech #990281310

There were some 91 other differences where staff recommended changes and the members in most cases agreed to them. The bill reported by the conferenceand I assure my colleagues that this is correctcontained the same essential elements that had passed this body. this Senate in years past by a vote of 80 to 19. by a vote of 76 to 18. and by a vote of 69 to 30. Those essential things are employer sanctions. meaning penalties against those who knowingly hire illegal undocumented persons. a secure system to determine worker eligibility in the United States. an increase in the enforcement resources of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the border patrol and legalization. Under this conference committee report the resources of the border patrol will double together with assuring additional sums for the INS to perform their functions. We provide a program for agriculture workers and a legalization program. There were some issues indeed that I felt very strongly about. having worked in the area for so long. and yet I receded on certain segments along with the rest of my Senate conferees because of the strong feelings on the part of the House.