I would share my surprise at the recent action of the Appropriations Committee to attempt to delay the implementation of employer sanctions. Just a very brief argument or two in that cause. The immigration bill was signed on November 6. 1986. It delayed the effective date of legalization until May 5. 1987. It delayed the enforcement date of employer sanctions until June 1. 1987. If this amendment were to pass. it would cause great disruption in the Immigration Reform and Control Act. The DeConcini amendment. which became part of the committee amendment process by voice vote. would delay these sanctions until October 1. 1987. although legalization has proceeded according to the original schedule. Now. that distorts terribly the balance that Congress originally intended that somehow sanctions and legalization should begin in a nearly simultaneous mode. after 6 years of hopefully thoughtful legislating it should be kept in that form.
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