[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17189-17190]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      NEED FOR EMPLOYER SANCTIONS

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
frustration with the Senate's delay in protecting Americans by taking 
up the House border security bill.
  Employer verification and enforcement are vital to upholding our 
immigrant laws. Innocently hiring an illegal

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alien because there is no system in place is one thing. Knowingly 
violating our immigration laws for cheap labor is another. Not only 
does this hurt Americans by driving down wages, it invites an influx of 
illegal aliens that overwhelms our border security.
  H.R. 4437 cracks down on those who compound our immigration problems 
by hiring illegals, fining them up to $25,000 per employee when they 
consistently violate the law.
  To the Senate we need to say, listen up. Listen to what the American 
people are saying and pass H.R. 4437. This must become law this year so 
we can stop the massive illegal flow and secure our borders.

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