They have also made the point that we have the problem of child labor. Mr. President. if there is a problem of child labor in this country. child labor of illegal immigrants in our own country in factories across this land. we have a law now that says if an employer hires an illegal immigrant. whether that is a child or not. he should be fined and sanctioned. We do not fund adequately employer sanctions and because we do not fund adequately employer sanctions there are literally thousands of illegal immigrant children at work in this country today. So those who come to this floor and puff about child labor. let us make sure that we fund the economic sanctions that are already in law. An estimate is that they require an additional 10 times what we are now funding to enforce economic sanctions under the immigration law. We have $28 million to do that. Estimates are it would cost $280 million to $300 million. So those who are concerned about child labor in Bangladesh or China or somewhere else why not be concerned about child labor in your State. in your town. because it is there today with illegal immigrants and if you want to stop child labor stop it in the United States first. GATT is a good agreement. We are the most open economy in the world and we will benefit the most from opening other economies.
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