University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 16, 1986
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House passes alien immigration bill
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House passed a landmark bill 238-173 yesterday to grant amnesty to aliens who entered the United States illegally before 1982 and to keep more from coming by making it illegal to hire them.
As Congress moved closer to adjournment, House approval of the long-awaited bill left the final decision to the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said the compromise bill might be called up today.
While President Reagan was expected to sign the bill, White House spokesman Albert Brashear said the new compromise was under study.
The bill represents a compromise between a Senate bill passed 60-30 more than a year ago and one passed 230-166 by the House last week.
Supporters agreed that the bill, which makes sweeping changes in immigration laws, was not perfect, but said it was the best possible compromise.
"It if not now, when?" Rep. Peter Rodino, D.N.J., its chief House sponsor, asked when he called it up for a final vote. "It's an action we must take."
Key Republicans also urged its passage, including Reps. Dan Lungren of California and Hamilton Fish of New York, both of whom also said it was the bill's last chance
The compromise would grant legal residence
and pave the way for citizenship for otherwise law-abiding aliens who entered the country illegally before Jan. 1, 1982, as was proposed in the House bill.
It seeks to prevent illegal migrants from crossing the border in search of work by strengthening the U.S. Border Patrol and by imposing civil and criminal penalties against employers who knowingly hire undocumented aliens.
The most vocal opposition to the bill came from two Hispanic members, Reps. Robert Garcia, D-N.Y., and Edward Roybal, D-Calif., who said sanctions against employers would lead them to discriminate against Hispanic job seekers.
Student minority leader denounces bill
By BILL RAYNOLDS
Staff writer
The leader of a KU minority student organization yesterday said a congressional bill designed to curb the tide of illegal aliens who cross the U.S. border to find jobs would be ineffective and discriminatory.
"It will only eliminate part of the problem," said Chuck Garcia, president of the KU Hispanic-American Leadership Organization and Garden City law student.
Under the bill, employers would be subject to civil penalties ranging from $250 to $10,000 for each illegal alien they hired. Higher penalties would be imposed after a third offense.
Garcia said that the bill, if passed into law, would be difficult to enforce and that the flood of illegal aliens would continue due to the U.S. demand for cheap labor and the lack of jobs in Mexico.
The federal Census Bureau has estimated that 3.5 million to 6 million illegal aliens are in the United States.
The government would offer legal status to i-legal aliens who entered the United States before Jan. 1, 1982, and had resided here continuously since then.
After one year as lawful temporary residents, the aliens could apply for status as permanent residents. After five years, they could apply for U.S. citizenship. If they did not apply within the 18-month period, they would remain illegal aliens subject to deportation.
Starting six months after the bill became law, illegal aliens would have 18 months to apply for legal status.
Under the bill, employers would have to ask all job applicants for documents, such as a passport or a birth certificate and a driver's license, to confirm that they were either citizens or aliens authorized to work in the United States.
Robert Oppenheimer, associate professor of history, said the bill was discriminatory and violated the civil rights of legally employed workers.
House spending bill nears deadline
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House began debate last night on the biggest spending bill in history, mindful that Congress would be unable to pass the measure before the government ran out of money at midnight.
Earlier yesterday. House and Senate negotiators approved on a voice vote the $756 billion measure needed to finance nearly every
aspect of the federal government for another year.
essential government operations would not begin until today. If it appeared Congress was close to settling the issue, the administration probably would not enforce the shutdown procedures.
Once approved by the House, the measure goes to the Senate.
Rep. Trent Lott, R-Miss., conceded the process of combining an entire year of government spending in one bill "stinks."
The bill includes $292 billion for defense spending this year, $28 billion below President Reagan's request. It also contains the presummit compromise agreed to by the president and House leaders that urges rather than requires the administration to stay within the SALT II limits, permits unlimited nuclear testing and breaks a 17-year moratorium on funds for nerve-gas production.
It took another nine hours before the 8-inch thick bill made its way to the House floor for deliberation. It was clear that debate on the compromise measure and its six amendments — each requiring a separate vote — would stretch beyond the midnight deadline when a stopgap-funding bill expired.
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