The El Monte case is an extreme example. but It is not an Isolated Incident. Mr. President. most employers in our country abide by our immigration and our labor laws. but. unfortunately. some choose not to. and they are undermining our laws and the wages of our workers as well. They are guilty of the lowest form of greedhuman exploitationand it must be stopped. It is well known that employers engaging in wage and hour law violations are often the same ones who hire Illegal workers. I am very pleawd that the bill before us provides for 350 new wage and hour Investigators at the Department of Labor over the next 2 fiscal years to enforce the existing employer sanctions we already have on the books. The bill also contains enhanced civil penalties for repeated or willful violations of our Federal labor laws. which I strongly support. I am disappointed that the committee voted to delete provisions to increase the sanctions on employers who violate immigration laws. I am disappointed about that. But I am glad that there are enhanced penalties for those who violate Federal labor laws.
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