Speech #1090098871

They are not working. And all employers would be forced to use an employment eligibility verification system that. quite frankly. is not capable of handling the increase in volume that this Sensenbrenner bill would require. The database for the employment eligibility verification system contains widespread flaws and false information. false information. which would show many legal workers as undocumented. depriving legal employees of jobs and employers of the muchneeded workers. the reason these people are here. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and business groups across America oppose H.R. 4437 because the employers will pay the price for these impractical provisions and because enforcementonly legislation like H.R. 4437 will not create a rational immigration system needed to serve all Americans. businesses. and potential immigrants. It does not address real comprehensive immigration reform. which Is necessary for everybody out there in America who thinks that undocumented workers are a problem. This Sensenbrenner bill will not fix what we have on our hands. You have only to look at demographics to understand we in America need more workers than we can provide. And we need to get them from somewhere. So we need to get back to comprehensive immigration reform. not just closing off borders or hurting people or taking children away from mothers or deporting mothers. This will not solve the problem we have at hand. And so when we were in the Homeland Security Committee. we were working on border security in the hopes that this would be a goodfaith effort to work together in a bipartisan mamer and to get the ball rolling to work on more comprehensive reform that would bring about what we need here: Family reunification. good economic conditions for our economy and homeland security. I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 4437. We deserve a comprehensive solution to our immigration problems. Mr. Chairman.