Mr. Speaker. I join my colleagues from New Mexico and California today to express my concern about the employer sanctions provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It has been clear for some time now that these provisions have caused employment discrimination against minorities simply because individuals are perceived by potential employers as being "foreign." When I voted for immigra. tion reform. I and many others expressed our concern that the employer sanction provisions could cause discrimination. We agreed to support the bill on the condition that Congress would revisit the discrimination issue in 3 years and remedy a problem if one had in fact developed.
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Individuals are perceived by potential employers as being foreign.