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Barney Frank: “I agree that we should not allow people who are here illegally, want to be here illegally, and I voted for even tougher…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
I agree that we should not allow people who are here illegally, want to be here illegally, and I voted for even tougher enforcement, but I am concerned about unjust enrichment of unscrupulous employers...by penalizing the illegal alien, which ought to be done, they are unjustly enriching an unscrupulous employer, indeed in some cases a twice unscrupulous employer, because they are talking now by definition about providing some monetary benefit to an employer who has, one, employed people who are here illegally, maybe knowingly, and, two, violated the labor laws.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about illegal employment and labor law violations.

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