Speech #1040204108

If we let employers determine what documents they will accept. which is effectively what section 117 does. everyone knows what will happen. Employers will develop suspicions about all foreignlooking and foreignsounding people. and the discrimination that is already documented will worsen. Keep in mind who these victims are. They are often hardworking American citizens. They are legal immigrants who are trying to become selfsufficient but are being left out because they look foreign or speak with an accent. Mr. President. I believe that this proposal is a modest program. I think it meets the central challenges of assuring that the idea that jobs will be preserved for Americans or legal immlgrants is real.