Hundreds of thousands of employers. fearing sanctions. are refusing to hire Hispanics. Asians. and other minorities for employment because they "look foreign" or "sound foreign." No less Insidious is the practice of requiring work authorization documents from only those persons who are perceived to be foreign. In my view. the human indignity and economic hardship that are the direct results of this socalled deterrent to illegal immigration are simply too great a price to pay. The cost in terms of damage to our fundamental constitutional and moral commitment to freedom from bigotry and discrimination is unconscionable. I urge my colleagues to reject this failed experiment by supporting Senate Joint Resolution 280. which provides us with the mechanism to sunset these sanction provisions.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that people who 'look foreign' or 'sound foreign' are illegal immigrants.