Immigration bill promises rough justice

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An anti-immigration bill is back in the United States Congress to haunt the thousands of immigrants forced by conditions of extreme poverty and repression in Latin America and other regions to seek work in the United States.

In the last five years various versions of this bill have been introduced in both houses of Congress. In the last congressional session, the two different versions passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives were not reconciled in the conference committee in time to become law.

The Reagan administration has announced its support for the current bill, which was introduced by Senate majority whip Alan K. Simpson (RWyo.). The new bill is like its predecessors in that it provides for punitive fines against U.S. employers in an attempt to applicants.

In one respect, the new bill is even worse than earlier versions. It refuses to offer any timetable for the legalization of undocumented persons who have lived and worked in this country for a specified number of years. The New York Times applauds as "rough justice" the fact that the new bill would delay legalization until a government committee certifies that unwanted immigration 50,000 OF DOCUMeNTED Give me your tired, your, poor GUeST WORKERS ILLEGAL ALIEN (HeRE BeFORE JAN 1, 1981) The wretchedy refuse of your TERM TeMPORARY RESIDeNCE FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.

Send these, the homeless, COAST-GUARD INSPECTED tempest-tossed to me.... (UNLESS FROM CUBA & HAITI)

The Washington Post has likewise jumped into the attack by thumbing its nose at Hispanic groups that were instrumental in preventing the bill's passage on the last round. Both newspapers-speaking for the capitalist class in this country-urge Sen. Simpson to start now to line up Democratic Party support in order to make the assault on the undocumented a truly bipartisan effort.

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your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, (ON AZ-YR TRIAL BASIS)