Mr. President. I rise today to express my serious concerns regarding the progress of the Immigration Reform and Control Acts Special Agricultural Workers [SAW] Program. and to introduce legislation which I believe is necessary to assure the success of the SAW Program. My colleagues may recall that the SAW Program was incorproated into the new immigration law to assure that the reforms provided for under the new law would not have an unfair negative impact on the agricultural industry which traditionally has relied heavily on undocumented workers. Because we realized that it was in our countrys interest to assure that farmers have an adequate legal work force to harvest their crops. the SAW Program was designed to provide legal status for workers. without regard to whether they were currently residing in the United States. who could demonstrate that they previously worked for a period of time in American agriculture. While the idea we had when we passed this law was a good one.
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