I do wish to comment on two items in the "managers language" of the conference report that pertain to the new immigration law. I am reasonably satisfied with the compromise reached with the House on the DECONCINI amendment. which would have delayed the effective date of employer sanctions. The compromise managers language both achieves Senator DECONCINIS objectives and addresses my concerns about housing any statutory change to the new law. I would like to thank the bill managers. the Senator from Arizona. and the Immigration Service [INS] for their cooperation. This conference report also contains managers language on the Special Agricultural Worker (SAW] Program. I do not agree with all provisions of this language. particularly the reference to the former managers language of the immigration bills conference report. The Immigration Service has had a long and very public regulatory process going forward on all of these issues. which I believe takes precedence over the legally nonbinding instructions that those of us who were conferees wrote in October of last year. Nonetheless. INS has responded in a most thoughtful and generous fashion to the agricultural employer and interests of organized labor on this issue.
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