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Nonetheless, the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill took a long step toward becoming law last week. It survived a House vote that, late in a tension-filled roll call, appeared on the electronic scoreboards as a 210-210 tie. Final tally: 216 Congressmen (125 Democrats, 91 Republicans) for the bill; 211 (138 Democrats, 73 Republicans) against...
...bill and one that the Senate passed overwhelmingly in May 1983 must be reconciled by a conference committee that is supposed to meet this week. Republican Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a chief sponsor of the bill, has warned that he cannot accept one House amendment. Democratic Congressman Romano Mazzoli of Kentucky, the other major architect, doubts that the differences can be resolved before Congress begins its three-week summer recess Friday...
...into a political quagmire. Walter Mondale, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson are all on record against it; Hispanic leaders, fearful that the bill's proposed sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants might lead to job discrimination against all Hispanics, would try to write an anti-Simpson-Mazzoli plank into the party platform. That, in turn, would make it more difficult for Democrats to support any bill that might emerge from the conference committee when Congress reconvenes the week after the convention...
Hispanic congressmen led opposition to the Simpson-Mazzoli bill and nearly managed to defeat the four-year-old legislation. The measure passed by only a tenuous five-vote margin--one which could have been closed or broadened by the eight representatives who did not vote. In the Senate, which includes not a single Hispanic, the bill passed by a wider margin...
Garcia, Roybal, and others must also monitor carefully the Simpson-Mazzoli bill. If they can demonstrate its harmful effects and lack of solvency, they may be able to muster the votes to alter the legislation. The last significant changes in immigration policy were made 19 years ago, when there was no Hispanic voice in the process...