Speech #1010059822

Mr. Speaker. I join with my colleague from California in speaking to the importance of reprogramming Department of Justice moneys to ensure the full enforcement and public understanding of the antidiscrimination provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act [IRCA] of 1986. This undertaking is the direct result of the findings of the General Accounting Office [GAO] in its second annual report on employer sanctions provisions of IRCA. As you will recall. GAO found that 16 percent of the employers they surveyed admitted to engaging in discriminatory practices. This translates into 528.000 employers who have either adopted "citizens only" hiring policies or are checking the documents of only those individuals who are foreign looking or sounding.