United States citizenshave been refused work by timid employers who will not take the time to ascertain if these individuals are citizens or not. On October 30. I cochaired a hearing in New York City of tne House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities concerning Incidents of discrimination and civil rights violations stemmingj from misapplication of the employer sanctions provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. It was the first hearing of its kind. An essential element of the compromise that !ed to the enactment of the immigration law was that the Implementation of employer sanctions would be closely monitored and that they would he repealed if there was evidence that they were causing discdmination. Judging from the overwhelming evidence presented in the testimony of the hearings witnesses. the repeal of employer sanctions is very much in order. One of those testifying.
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