Speech #1030120364

I feel it is incumbent upon me to point out more of my concerns not only because the Senate has not yet done so. but more importantly because the whole story should be told My concerns that the North American FreeTrade Agreement [NAFTAI will cost hundreds of thousands of American workers their jobs has been well documented. but were greatly heightened recently after seeing the CBS news program. "60 Minutes". In a segment entitled. "North of the Border". CBS reported that large American computer corporations are replacing American computer programmers with foreign programmers who are being allowed to enter the country by totally perverting the intent of our immigration laws. According to CBS. there are computer companies that are firing Americans in order to bring the lowerwage foreigner in. In 1992. the first year after. what was to have been strengthening changes to our immigration laws went into effect. U.S. employers made applications to admit 53.000 foreign workers. So far this year. applications to admit 72.800 foreign workers have been submitted by American firms. and. even though foreign workers are supposed to be admitted only on a temporary basis under this program. temporary may be as long as 5 to 6 years.