[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     POMBO-CHAMBLISS AMENDMENT WILL HELP REDUCE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, after years of Congress failing to 
address out-of-control immigration, the 104th Congress is set to pass 
much needed immigration reform. We all want to crack down on illegal 
immigration. There are two amendments to be offered today, which are 
very important to the agricultural community in America. The Pombo-
Chambliss amendment will help reduce illegal immigration. The Goodlatte 
amendment only makes a bad program worse. The current guestworker 
program simply does not work and further tinkering will not help. We 
need a new program that will make sure seasonal agricultural workers do 
not stay in this country. The Pombo amendment assures that these legal 
temporary workers will only be hired when American workers cannot be 
found. They will only be admitted for the seasonal job for which they 
were hired, 25 percent of their pay will be withheld and paid to them 
in their home country. Nonworking family members are not eligible. Any 
workers that disobeys the rules will be permanently barred from the 
program.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on Pombo and ``no'' 
and Goodlatte.

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