Speech #1040191234

I share the concern that we begin to go down a very dangerous path by establishing an employment verification system that will require every employee in the United States to get permission to work from the Federal Government through a national computer registry. This response to legitimate concerns about Illegal employment is way out of proportion to the actual problem. The INS estimates that undocumented persons represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population. and yet under this voluntary system approximately 20 million employees could face the very real threat of being denied employment or victimized by employment discrimination. Mr. Chairman.