We included this in the statute simply as a matter of courtesy. So the gentleman says to us what is the situation as it really is? The situation as it really is is that we passed in 1986 the Immigration Reform Act. at which time we listed a number of identifiers that could be used for anybody in the United States to present himself for employment to prove that he was eligible for that employment. One of these identifiers was a drivers license. and another was a Social Security card. documents that have proven to be fairly unreliable. easy to forge. and have therefore created problems of reliability both for the employer and for the job applicant. The gentleman will remember that the General Accounting Office has found that employers confusion and uncertainty about the verification system has caused much of the discrimination that has been found and has advocated a simpler identification system.
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