ILLEGAL ALIENS HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON ILLEGAL ALIENS MARCH 7 AND 8, 1973 Ja Serial No. 1 LAW LIBRARY APR 1 3 1973 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT. PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1978 Hess, Arthur E., Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administra- tion, accompanied by Hugh F. McKenna, Director, Bureau of Retire- ment and Survivors Insurance; and Walter Rubinstein, Program Policy Officer, Bureau of Retirement and Survivors Insurance....... McKevitt, Hon. James D. (Mike), Assistant Attorney General for Leg- islative Affairs, Department of Justice, accompanied by Charles Gordon, General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Michael Dolan, member, Office of Legislative Affairs of the De- Meiklejohn, Kenneth A., Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO‒‒‒‒‒‒ Biemiller, Andrew J, director, Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO__ Hess, Arthur E., Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Adminis- McKevitt, Hon. James D. (Mike), Assistant Attorney General for Leg- Mayer, Arnold, legislative representative, Amalgamated Meat Cutters Employment information regarding illegal aliens located by Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service___. Ketchum, Hon. William M., a Representative in Congress from the Policy Resolution, adopted November 1971, Ninth Constitutional Con- Procedure for notifying Department of State when holders of non- ILLEGAL ALIENS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 OF THE The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Joshua Eilberg (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Eilberg, Flowers, Seiberling, Holtzman, Keating, Wiggins, and Dennis. Also present: Garner J. Cline, counsel; Arthur P. Endres, Jr., assistant counsel; and Donald G. Benn, associate counsel. Mr. EILBERG. The hearing will come to order. During the 92d Congress, this subcommittee held a series of hearings on the complex and multifaceted problem of the illegal alien in the United States. The subcommittee heard a total of 186 witnesses in Los Angeles, Denver, El Paso, Detroit, Chicago, and New York. The subcommittee patiently listened to the viewpoints of all interested parties, including Government officials, employers, labor representatives, immigration lawyers, clergy, ethnic organizations, and minority groups, as well as aliens illegally in the United States. Five volumes of hearings were printed, and recently a committee print, "A Review of Hearings," has been made available. The hearings were both investigative and legislative. The legislation specifically under consideration was three sections of H.R. 2328 (92d Cong.), which provided 1-year imprisonment and/or $1,000 fine to be imposed upon an employer who knowingly hired an alien illegally in the United States. Members of the subcommittee at that time generally considered this penalty too harsh, difficult to enforce, and vague in that there were no guidelines to determine "knowingly." The basic conclusion reached by the majority of the members of the subcommittee was that the adverse impact of illegal aliens had been substantial and warranted legislation to protect American labor and the economy and to assure the orderly entry of immigrants into the United States. As a direct result of the hearings, H.R. 16188 was introduced. This legislation embodied the conclusion that if legislation was enacted to remove the incentive for illegal aliens to work in the United States, and for employers to hire them, much could be accomplished toeliminate the multifaceted problem. This bill was reported by the Committee on the Judiciary on August 17, 1972, and passed the House of Representatives on September 12, 1972. |