Chairman. I am not a member of any of those fine groups that either the gentleman from Ohio . or the gentlewoman from Idaho . mentioned. so I am free. apparently. to rise in strong support of this amendment. If we are serious about stopping illegal immigration. then we must provide a sound method for employers to find out if prospective employees are legally authorized to work in the United States. Otherwise. it would be virtually impossible to enforce the existing law against hiring. The telephone verification system included in the bill. provides a very promising way for employers to easily determine whether a prospective employee is legally authorized to work. It was. as Members know. one of the key recommendations of the Jordan Commission. which did an extremely thorough and creditable Job of producing very reasonable recommendations for regaining control over our Nations immigration system. But for the telephone verification system to work. it has to be mandatory rather than voluntary in the States where it would be tried on an experimental basis. If it is not. those employers who intend to flout the law will obviously not participate in the system. and the INS will have no way of determining whether the system is actually working.
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