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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 9, folder \"Illegal Aliens - Domestic Council\nCommittee, (1)\" of the Richard D. Parsons Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 9 of the Richard D. Parsons Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nDOCUMENT\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\n1. Memo\nF. Lynn May to Jim Greene and attachments\n5/22/75\nC\nFILE LOCATION\nDomestic Council\nFiles of Richard Parsons\nGeneral Subject File - Illegal Aliens, Domestic Council Committee on\nJan. -Dec. 1975\nRESTRICTION CODES\n(A) Closed by Executive Order 11652 governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\nWHM, 7/23/79\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nGENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION\nGSA FORM 7122 (7.72)\nSTATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT FORD ON ILLEGAL ALIENS\nSeptember 12, 1974\n\"The Illegal Aliens legislation is necessary to establish\nclear guidleines regarding the law for employment of\naliens who work in this country. The House has already passed\na bill. I would hope the Senate could consider this measure\nduring the fall term.\nNovember 18, 1974\n\"Current estimates by the Immigration and Naturalization\nService indicate that there are some 4 to 7 million illegal\naliens in the United States. Prompt action on a pending\nillegal alien bill would help solve this critical problem\nby providing sanctions against the hiring of illegal aliens.\nThis would make more jobs available for our own citizens.\nDecember 9, 1974\nThe President urges passage ofthe Farm Labor Contractors\nAmendment (which was passed on Nov 22 and Nov 26 by the\nSenate and House respectively and became PL93-518).\nThis legislation adds a jail sentence of up to one year to the\npresent $500 criminal fine, and a maximum fine of $10,000\nas well as a maximum three-year jain sentence for subsequent\nviolations -- including unregistered crew leaders who\nknowingly recruit illegal aliens.\nJanuary 6, 1975\nExecutive Order of the President establishing the Domestic\nCouncil Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJim-\nLet's descuss\nthe attached and\nThe Next step.\nThake\nDide.\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON\nSUBJE Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nOn January 6, 1975 you established the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens to develop, coordinate and present to the President policy issues that\ncut across agency lines to provide better programs for dealing with the\nnational problem of illegal aliens. To date there has been no Cabinet level\nmeeting of the Committee/and the few meetings of the Committee have been\nbasically staff discussion groups.\nThere have been estimates of from 3 to 15 million illegal aliens in the United\nStates today. The impact of these illegal aliens has been widespread, but\nanalytical data to substantiate their presence is unavailable. The illegals\nhave been named as sources of trouble in many key areas of our society. They\nallegedly occupy both skilled and non-skilled jobs, which American citizens\ncould hold. They are often cited as culprits in the rise in crime in the areas\nin which they are concentrated. The dramatic rise in public welfare and\nmedical costs, particularly in border areas are also attributed to them.\nIncreased publicity in the last year has made the public aware of the prevalence\nof illegal aliens and their threat to our economic and social well-being. The\nnegative reaction to the admission of Vietnamese refugees could be taken as a\nrough gauge of the mood against aliens, who are potential competitors for\nemployment during a recession. Lack of accurate data on the illegals, has\nrendered analysis of their impact nearly impossible and has prevented an\nassessment of the resources necessary to meet the problem.\n-2-\nOPTIONS\n1. The simplest alternative would be merely to work out a legislative strategy\nfor the passage of the Rodino Bill which prohibits employment of illegal aliens.\n(You recommended passage of the bill on September 12 and November 18, 1974.).\nNo other substantive action would be taken, apart from establishing a position\non the Kennedy Bill, which would allow illegal aliens residing in the U.S. for\nmore than 3 years to be allowed to remain as legal aliens.\nPros\nThis option would permit a positive measure without incurring\ngreat additional costs or creating mandates for further action.\nCons\nIt is very limited \"political\" approach to the problem, and does\nnot do much to solve the larger accompanying economic and\nsocial problems.\n2. The next alternative would consist of implementation of option 1, plus a\nlimited study of some issues related to illegal aliens, utilizing agency per-\nsonnel, interested state and local officials and consultants. The studies\nwould be restricted to economic and law enforcement aspects of the problem\nsuch as:\na.\nHow many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in\nwhat industries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the\nU.S. labor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied\nby illegal aliens?\nb.\nDo the illegals contribute to capital shortage by sending their\nsavings to their homeland?\nC.\nDoes the minimum wage become the maximum wage in border areas?\nd.\nWhat can be done to better enforce existing and proposed laws\ndealing with illegal aliens?\ne.\nHow to insure that the enforcement does not discriminate against\nlegal aliens and U.S. citizens, etc.?\n-3-\nPros\nThis proposal would provide the data to assess the impact of\nillegal aliens in some critical areas.\n--\nIt would be relatively inexpensive and while a full-time staff\nwould not be required, agencies would have to commit greater\nresources than they have at present.\nCons\nThis narrow approach will be attacked by interest groups like\ncounty and city governments, who are asking Federal help to meet\nthe social costs of the illegal alien problem.\nThe economic side of the problem is inter-related with the social,\ncultural, and foreign relations aspects.\n3. The third alternative would be a broad, comprehensive examination of the\nentire problem of illegal aliens. This would include the elements of options\n1 and 2, plus studies in:\na.\nThe area of social services including an examination of the costs\nof welfare and unemployment insurance, the impact and cost of\nhealth delivery, and the cost of education for illegal aliens.\nb.\nThe area of cultural impact such as the characteristics of the illegal\naliens age, skills, background and the willingness to do work that\nU.S. citizens are not willing to do.\nC.\nThe area of foreign relations such as the study of how our policy\non illegal aliens affects our foreign policy and vice versa, working\nclosely with the secretary of State's Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nPros\nThis proposal is all encompassing, and would provide a large universe\nof reliable data with which to assess the extent and resources neces-\nsary to deal with the illegal alien problem.\n-4-\nCons\nThis proposal will take time, money and the commitment of a\nfull-time staff of agency personnel or consultants (some could be\ncontracted out) . The full study would probably not be completed\nby 1976.\nThe results of the larger study, particularly in the social services\narea, could produce evidence of the inordinate costs of illegal aliens\non state and local governments. This could create pressures for\nFederal subsidies to ease the problem.\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJANUARY 6, 1975\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJanuary 6, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE DOMESTIC COUNCIL\nSecretary of State\nSecretary of the Treasury\nAttorney General\nSecretary of the Interior\nSecretary of Agriculture\nSecretary of Commerce\nSecretary of Labor\nSecretary of Health, Education and Welfare\nSecretary of Housing and Urban Development\nSecretary of Transportation\nAssistant to the President Baroody\nDirector, Office of Management and Budget\nChairman, Council on Economic Advisers\nChairman, Council on Environmental Quality\nAdministrator of the Environmental\nProtection Agency\nDirector, ACTION\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nI am today establishing a new Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThis Committee will develop, coordinate and present to me policy issues that\ncut across agency lines to provide better programs for dealing with this\nNational problem. The Attorney General will serve as the Chairman of this\nCommittee. The membership of the Committee will consist of the Secretary\nof State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary\nof Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, Education, and\nWelfare, Assistant to the President Baroody, and the Director of the Office\nof Management and Budget.\nGERALD R. FORD\n###\nOFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL\nOld\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20530\nJUSTITIA\nMarch 11, 19.75\nSile\nTO:\nAttached List of Addressees\nFROM:\nJonathan C. Rose,\nAssociate Deputy Attorney General\nSUBJECT: Cabinet Committee on Illegal Aliens\nAs discussed at the February 28, 1975 meeting, two\ntask forces will be established to study particular issues\nrelating to the illegal alien problem. Dr. Marrs of the\nWhite House will head one task force with the responsi-\nbility of studying the feasibility and public acceptability\nof requiring proof of citizenship of legal alien status\nprior to obtaining employment. The task force will have\nrepresentatives from INS, HEW, and the Domestic Council. I\nwould suggest that INS designate a representative familiar\nwith the work of the Federal Advisory Committee on False\nIdentification. Dr. Marrs will arrange for the task force\nmeetings.\nA second task force will be headed by a representative\nfrom the Department of Agriculture. INS and Labor will\nhave representatives on this task force. It will estimate\nthe economic impact of legislation which entirely removes\nillegals from the country. The study will focus both on\nagriculture on the Southwest border and urban employers in\nbig cities like New York. Additionally, the study will\nconsider what the options are available concerning workers\nnow in the country. The Department of Agriculture will\narrange for task force meetings.\nThe next Cabinet Committee meeting will be held at\n10:30 a.m., Friday, March 21, 1975 in the Office of the\nDeputy Attorney General. I would hope that Mr. North\nwould be present to explain some Department of Labor\nstudies on the economic impact of illegal aliens.\nAttachment\nAddressee List\nOFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20530\nUpdated 2/21/1\nFebruary 1975\nCabinet Committee on Illegal Aliens\nWhite House -\nFernando E. c. DeBaca\n456-2701\nSpecial Assistant to the\nPresident\n2827\nRoom 197, Old Executive\nOffice Building\n(Washington, D. C. 20500)\nDr. Theodore C. Marrs\n456-2735\nSpecial Assistant to the\nPresident\nRoom 103, Old Executive Office\nBuilding\n(Washington, D. C. 20500)\nState\nLeonard F. Walentynowicz\n632-9576\nAdministrator\nBureau of Security and\nConsular Affairs\nRoom 6811\nDepartment of State\n(Washington, D. C. 20520)\nTreasury\nJames J. Featherstone\n964-5054\nDeputy Assistant Secretary,\nDesignate\nRoom 3449\nTreasury Department\n(Washington, D. C. 20220)\nDavid R. Macdonald\n964-2033\nAssistant Secretary\n(Enforcement, Operations,\n& Tariff Affairs)\nRoom 3448\nTreasury Department\n(Washington, D. C. 20220)\nVernon Hann\n964-2416\nActing Assistant Commissioner\nBureau of Customs\nRoom 804\n2100. K Street, N. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20229)\nCONT.\n- 2 -\nJustice\nJonathan C. Rose\n739-2105\nAssociate Deputy\nAttorney General\nRoom 4236\nJustice Department\n(Washington, D. C. 20530)\nBruce E. Fein\n739-2061\nCounsel to the Director\nOffice of Justice Policy\n& Planning\nRoom 4233\nJustice Department\n(Washington, D. C. 20530)\nEdward W. Scott, Jr.\n739-3101\nDeputy Assistant\nAttorney General for\nAdministration\nRoom 1111\nDepartment of Justice\n(Washington, D. C. 20530)\nJames F. Greene\n376-8356\nDeputy Commissioner\nImmigration & Naturalization Service\nRoom 7104, Chester Arthur Bldg.\n425 Eye Street, N. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20536)\nJohn Nahan\n376-3434\nManagement Analyst\nImmigration & Naturalization Service\nRoom 7003\n425 Eye Street, N. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20536)\nAgriculture\nJ. Dawson Ahalt\n447-7043\nStaff Economist\nRoom 214A, Administration Bldg.\nDepartment of Agriculture\n14th & Jefferson Drive, N. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20250)\nCONT.\n- 3 -\nCommerce\nKarl E. Bakke\n967-4772\nGeneral Counsel\nRoom 5870\nDepartment of Commerce\n(Washington, D. C. 20230)\nBernard V. Parette\n967-4772\nDeputy General Counsel\nDepartment of Commerce\nRoom 5870\n(Washington, D. C. 20230)\nLabor\nAlfred G. Albert\n961-3821\nDeputy Solicitor\nDepartment of Labor\nRoom 4148\n14th & Constitution Ave., N.W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20210)\nHEW\nIra Goldstein\n245-1865\nSpecial Assistant to the\nAssistant Secretary for\nPlanning & Evaluation\nRoom 5027, North Bldg.\nHealth, Education & Welfare\n330 Independence Ave., S. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20201)\nWilliam A. Morrill\nAssistant Secretary for Planning\n245-1858\n& Evaluation\nRoom 5027, North Bldg.\nHealth, Education & Welfare\n330 Independence Ave., S. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20201)\nOMB\nDavid M. Bray\n395-4892\nDeputy Associate Director\nfor Economics & Government\nOffice of Management & Budget\nRoom 9202\nNew Executive Office Bldg.\n(Washington, D. C. 20503)\nJames N. Purcell, Jr.\n395-4516\nChief, Justice-Treasury\nBranch\nOffice of Management & Budget\nRoom 9220, New Executive\nOffice Building\n(Washington, D. C. 20503)\nCONT.\n- 4 -\nDomestic\nGeoffrey C. Shepard\n456-2562\nCouncil\nAssociate Director\nDomestic Council\nRoom 234, Old Executive\nOffice Building\n(Washington, D. C. 20500)\nF. Lynn May\n456-6437\nStaff Assistant\nDomestic Council\nRoom 235, Old Executive\nOffice Building\n(Washington, D. C. 20500)\nNSC\nStephen Low\n395-5004\nStaff Member for Latin\nAmerican Affairs\nNational Security Council\nRoom 380, Old Executive\nOffice Building\n(Washington, D. C. 20500)\nDOT\nHerbert R. Kaiser, Jr.\n426-4492\nDeputy Assistant Secretary for\nEnvironment, Safety & Consumer\nAffairs\nRoom 10101\nDepartment of Transportation\n400 - 7th Street, S. W.\n(Washington, D. C. 20590)\nKeep\nSTATENT PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA OF\nDepartment of Justice\n}\nSPEECH BY\nLEONARD F. CHAPMAN, JR., COMMISSIONER\nIMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE\n\"Iligal Pline sile\nBEFORE THE\nEXECUTIVES CLUB OF CHICAGO\n12:00 NOON\nFRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1975\nLA SALLE HOTEL\nCHICAGO, ILLINOIS\nGood afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be here and\nto have this opportunity to speak to the Executives Club of Chicago.\nI always welcome an occasion to speak to an audience of businessmen.\nI believe it is the business community -- the employers -- in this nation\nwho are going to have to help solve one of the great problems our country\nis\nfacing today if it is going to be solved at all.\nThat problem, which I plan to discuss with you today - illegal\naliens - is one in which we all stand to lose -- business, labor and\neveryone else -- unless steps are taken soon to combat it. The problem is\nhaving a major impact on our country right now.\nA million or more jobs are lost to American citizens because illegal\naliens hold employment and compete for job openings; money earned by illegal\naliens is sent out of the country to families back home, instead of being\nspent in the United States to support our own economy; untold amounts are\nlost to Federal and local treasuries in the form of unpaid taxes; and many\nmore dollars are added to our tax bills each year to make up for the cost\nof services, such as schools, welfare and medical care which are utilized\nby illegal aliens without paying their share of the cost.\nTo illustrate the scope of the problem, last year the Immigration\nService apprehended 800,000 illegal aliens. Nearly one million persons\nwere caught in this country illegally. Yet that is merely the tip of the\niceberg. The great majority of illegal aliens never see an immigration\nofficer. In 1974 we found 10 times more persons illegally in the United\n- 1 -\nStates than we did just a decade ago, but that was only a small percentage\nof\nthose\nwho\nentered perhaps 25 per cent. And we located no more than\n10 per cent of the illegal aliens residing in the nation.\nWhile Congress has set limits resulting in no more than 400,000 legal\nimmigrants to the United States each year, there are several times that\nmany coming in surreptitiously across our borders. Or they are entering\nas tourists, for visits that in theory will last only a few weeks but in\nreality often turn into near-permanent resettlement.\nThe economic impact of these vast numbers of uninvited guests is\nsubstantial. Yet, I believe the debilitating effect on our social structure\nof suchwholesale violations of our law is even more serious. This break-\ndown of immigration law and order cannot help but weaken our nation.\nThere is no questioning such a breakdown. We estimate there are up\nto 10 or 12 million aliens living illegally in this country. For all\npractical purposes they are virtually beyond the reach of the Immigration\nService. There are a half million or more within this Chicago area, in-\ncluding portions of Indiana and Wisconsin. And more are coming each year.\nTo cope with this vast number the Immigration Service has 1,700 agents\nto patrol the nation's borders, and just 900 investigators who are spread\nthinly throughout major cities. In the Chicago District we have 66 enforce-\nment officers. And their job includes not only apprehension of illegal\naliens, but the time consuming responsibility for investigating fraud\nagainst the immigration laws. This force has grown very little in the\npast 10 years, while the problem they are charged with solving has grown\n- 2 -\nten-fold at least. We do receive some help from local police, although\nthey do not actually have authority to make arrests for violation of\nimmigration law.\nAlthough it is relatively easy to slip across our 6,000 miles of\nmostly open border, many aliens pay large sums to smugglers to bring them\nin to the interior of the country. Fees of $200 to $700 are commonplace,\nand the cost may run to $1,200 or $1,500.\nLast fiscal year we caught 8,000 smugglers in the process of smuggling\n83,000 aliens. This was double the number of aliens we caught being smug-\ngled the previous year. Yet because of clogged courts and busy U. S.\nAttorneys, few of the smugglers are prosecuted, even though they are\nsubject to penalties of up to five years in prison and $2,000 fine for each\nalien being smuggled.\nIn addition, fraud against the immigration laws is rampant. Last\nyear our investigative force completed 17,000 fraud cases, triple the num-\nber of 10 years ago. And with additional manpower, we could have investi-\ngated many more. There are currently 14,000 fraud cases pending, and\nwe have 65,000 leads on the location of one or more illegal aliens.\nThe use of counterfeit, altered and fraudulently obtained documents\nis also increasing. Last year we found 8,400 fraudulent border crossing\ncards in the Southwest. And this was obviously just a few compared to the\nnumber in actual use. These fake cards are now so available that the\ncounterfeiter's price on the street has dropped to about half of what it\nwas just a year ago.\n- 3 -\nSham marriage to gain resident status under the law is another fraud\nthat has become commonplace. In some areas nearly 100 per cent of our\nfraud investigations involve just this one aspect.\nWe devote considerable effort to uncovering rings which specialize\nin arranging fake marriages for aliens at $1,000 to $1,500 a marriage.\nOne case in Miami which we are still investigating offers a good\nillustration.\nA woman there who is a citizen had married at least six alien husbands,\nand each of her two daughters had married three alien men. Her common law\nhusband had two marriages to alien women. All 14 marriages were to facilitate\nentry to this country. One of the men whom the woman had married brought\ntwo children with him. Although she had been paid well for each of the\nmarriages, this enterprising lady applied for and collected welfare in each\nof her six married names. Not wanting to miss out on a good thing, her\ntwo daughters were collecting welfare in each of their three married names.\nAnd the lady was also collecting an Aid to Dependent Children welfare check\nfor the two children brought in by one of the men she had married. In\ntotal, there were 13 welfare checks involved.\nAnd, finally, she was assigned a rent-free public housing apartment,\nwhich she had sublet and for which she was collecting rent.\nThe total cost to the public of this burgeoning enterprise was several\nthousands of dollars, and resulted in the fraudulent entry into this country\nof at least 14 aliens.\n- 4 -\nAliens come to this country for just one reason -- to work, earn money\nand send it home. And when they are unsuccessful in finding work, they\noften end up on welfare rolls. Los Angeles County recently sent the Immi-\ngration Service a bill for $8 million for medical care they had provided\nto illegal aliens over one year. Later they filed a suit in federal court\nto collect.\nIn 1973, the California State Social Welfare Board estimated the cost\nof welfare payments to illegal aliens to be at least $100 million a year.\nAnd last December, a Superior Court judge in California ruled that aliens\nmay receive welfare in the state without proving that they are legally in\nthis country, unless they have already been ordered deported. There are\nestimated to be in excess of one million illegal aliens in California, so\nyou may judge what impact that will have on welfare costs in the state.\nThe total of the many costs to taxpayers of the illegal alien problem\nis difficult to measure. It is undoubtedly substantial. A large part\nof our $10 billion balance of payments deficit is the result of money which\nis earned here and sent out of the country by illegal aliens.\nThe income tax loss is an elusive figure to determine. However, to\nobtain an indication of the total problem, we ran a pilot program with\nInternal Revenue for three months last year. In that period we referred\nto IRS 1,700 illegal aliens whom we suspected had tax liabilities. From\nthis small sample, IRS collected $168,000 out of a total assessment of a\nquarter of a million dollars.\n- 5 -\nHow do the aliens avoid taxes? It's simple. They claim as many\ndependents as is necessary to avoid having tax withheld. We recently\napprehended an 18-year-old boy who was claiming 18 dependents. We are\nnow working with IRS to set up permanent programs to recover more of\nthese funds from aliens we apprehend.\nHowever, as significant as these other costs are, none is as serious\nas the jobs that are lost to U. S. citizens and legal aliens because of\nthe presence of illegal aliens.\nUnfortunately, too many people are under the mistaken impression\nthat the only jobs held by illegal aliens are in farm labor or on jobs as\nbusboys or parking cars that no one else wants. That may have been true\nonce, but it no longer is the case. The old image of the Mexican peasant\npicking lettuce in the hot sun for a dollar a day is not accurate.\nMany persons still consider the illegal alien situation to be strictly\na Mexican problem. That is no longer true either. As a matter of fact,\nin the Northern industrial cities, where the higher paying jobs in factories\nand construction are to be found, the illegal aliens we apprehend are mostly\nnon-Mexican.\nIt is in the cities where opportunities exist for the illegal alien\nto work and escape detection that the problem is most severe and the impact\non employment is greatest.\nAlthough 90 per cent of the 800,000 apprehensions we made last year\nconsisted of Mexican nationals, nearly all of these were in the Southwest\n- 6 -\nborder area. In cities of the Northeastern industrial area, where many\nillegals hold good paying jobs, 97 per cent of our apprehensions were\nnon-Mexican. Even in the Southeast, the number of non-Mexicans appre-\nhended was 70 per cent of the total. And many are holding good jobs.\nHere in Chicago last month, we apprehended 559 illegal aliens, of\nwhom 432 or 77 per cent were employed. Of that number, 396, or 92 per\ncent were making more than $2.50 an hour. And 20 per cent were making more than\n$4.50 an hour.\nThat is 432 jobs in one city in one month that were made available\nto unemployed citizens. And we were operating within the constraints of\nlimited resources. In answer to the statement that illegal aliens take\nonly jobs that Americans shun, I would like to point out that 41 per cent\nof our nation's black teenagers are unemployed. Overall, teenage unemploy-\nment is 20 per cent. I am confident that a majority of these young people\nwould welcome many of even the lower paying jobs that are held by illegal\naliens.\nThe frustration of young people -- black and white -- being unable\nto find work is obviously a very dangerous element that leads to increased\ncrime and other serious social problems.\nA national news magazine this week stated that \"Employers find they\ncan fill jobs that pay only $2 or $2.25 an hour for gas station attendants,\nsecurity guards, dishwashers. Those openings are often grabbed up by\npeople who used to earn two or three times as much.\"\n- 7 -\nNearly a year ago, the Wall Street Journal observed that there were\ngrowing numbers of applicants for unskilled jobs. They cited as examples\n2,800 applications for 40 jobs as meter readers, and 1,600 for jobs as\nanimal tenders at a city zoo. There are many more unemployed now than\nthere were a year ago.\nStill, we find illegal aliens in jobs paying considerably better than\n$2.25. While unemployment in the construction industry is nearly 20 per\ncent, we find illegal aliens working as painters earning nearly $10 an\nhour. We find them working in Washington installing dry wall in a new\ncondominium project earning more than $6 an hour and we find them working on\nconstruction of the metro subway system, with earnings of $400 a week.\nMost of these jobs are held by non-Mexicans, and most entered the\ncountry as tourists or students, simply found work and remained here. More\nthan 6 million visitors entered this country last year, and our records do\nnot show the departure of 10 per cent of those - more than 600,000 people.\nOur records system is not perfect, so even if it is in error by 50 per\ncent, there are at least 300,000, probably many more, who failed to leave.\nMany of these are college graduates or are skilled persons who can\nand do take highly-paid employment. A list of tourists who stayed on to\nwork in this country and were apprehended by the New York Immigration\noffice alone in recent weeks includes a Greek plumber making $12 an hour, a\nJamaican carpenter making $7 an hour, a Japanese airline office worker\nmaking $4 an hour, a West Indian lab technician making $6.80 an hour,\n- 8 -\na Liberian working as assistant manager in a shoe store earning $5.25 an\nhour, a German secretary making $5 an hour, a native of Trinidad making\n$5.30 an hour as a welder.\nYou probably read last week about the apprehension of nearly 50 persons\nby a janitorial service and earning $3.75 an hour here in Chicago\nAll of these had entered the country as tourists and had failed to\ndepart.\nI have told the Congress and I have told others that with legislation\nmaking it unlawful to employ illegal aliens and some modest increases in\nmanpower to enforce the law, the Immigration Service could quickly make\navailable one million jobs which are now held by persons not legally\nentitled to be in this country.\nI believe that eventually there will be a law requiring employers to\ndetermine the legality of prospective employees. Right now a House Judiciary\nsubcommittee is holding hearings on the Rodino Bill, which has previously\npassed the House in two different Congresses. This bill would make it un-\nlawful to hire knowingly an illegal alien.\nSome say the bill is too weak in that it allows the employer to shift\nthe responsibility back to the alien by simply having him sign a statement\nattesting that he is legally in the country.\nThe Immigration Service has suggested to the committee and I support\na proposal which would require employers to obtain not only a signed state-\nment from each job applicant as to citizenship or legal residency but would\n- 9 -\nalso require documentary evidence of the information furnished in the\nstatement. Among the documents which are not considered suitable identi-\nfication is the Social Security card. Until recently anyone could obtain\none by mail. There are some 200 million in circulation, and even now the\nSocial Security Administration will issue a card to an alien who needs\none for college purposes or to open a bank account, even if the law does\nnot permit that alien to hold a job in this country.\nI believe the only practical way to stop this silent invasion of\nillegal aliens into our nation is to turn off the magnet of jobs that draws\nthem here. If we continue to allow anyone to obtain employment, without\nregard to their legal entry into the nation, then millions will continue\nto come. And only when the United States economy has fallen to the level\nof less developed nations and there are no more opportunities here will\nthey stop coming.\nPopulations of Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and other\nLatin American countries will double by 1990. Labor forces are growing\neven more rapidly. Half of Mexico's population is under 15 years of age.\nIts labor force totaled 16 million in 1970 but will be 28 million\nin 10 more years and 40 million by 1995.\nThe push-pull forces of limited opportunity in their own countries\nand the magnet of economic well being in the United States are driving\nthese people to America. They are so desperate that there is little they\nwon't do to achieve their goal of finding jobs in this great land of ours.\n- 10 -\nFor nearly 200 years America has been a land of plenty. We have\nbeen fortunate to enjoy adequate resources, an abundance of energy,\nplentiful food and jobs for nearly everyone. Now, we are finding short-\nages in many of the necessities we have taken for granted. Nearly 7.5\nmillion Americans are out of work and our seemingly inexhaustible raw\nmaterials are beginning to run low, causing us to become over dependent\nupon foreign sources. I am not suggesting that we turn our backs upon\nthe rest of the world nor upon the needy and developing nations. However,\nI do not believe we can absorb the world's unemployed while our own workers\ngo begging for jobs. Nor can we continue to accommodate into our popula-\ntion several million unaccounted for persons each year, who add to the\nburden of our cities, our welfare rolls, our schoools and our hospitals,\nwhile contributing little of their earnings to our economy.\nI am confident that most -- nearly all -- American employers would\nobey a law against hiring illegal aliens. It has been my experience when\nspeaking before businessmen that they are shocked to learn of the magnitude\nand the impact of this problem on our country, and they want to do some-\nthing to correct it. Furthermore, I am convinced that except for a few\nunscrupulous people who deliberately employ illegal alien labor to their\nown advantage, most employers are not aware that they may be hiring illegal\naliens.\nI believe legislation such as that being considered now will be a\nmajor step toward correcting this. For the first time the nation will be\non record against employing illegal aliens with a national policy to that\neffect.\n- 11 -\nIn the meantime, it is my hope that as businessmen become aware of\nthe seriousness of this problem and the consequences to our nation, they\nwill begin on their own to take steps to avoid hiring illegal aliens. A\nthorough check of references and past work history is already done routinely\nfor many job applicants. I would like to see this extended so that the\nemployment chances for anyone entering this country illegally for the pur-\npose of finding a job would become minimal. And I would like to see\ncompanies publicly announce their intention to avoid the hiring of illegal\naliens.\nDiscouraging the illegal alien job applicant - either by law or by\nthe cooperation of employers ----- is virtually the only answer to the problem,\nshort of fencing in our country or building the Immigration Service to an\nimmense size - two choices that I surely do not advocate.\nAs long as there are people and nations who are poor and as long as\nour policy of an open border remains, we will always have a problem of\npersons trying to enter our country in any way possible.\nThe situation is such that I believe it demands immediate action.\nIt affects all segments of our social and economic life, and it is going\nto take cooperation on the part of business, labor and government to deal\nwith it. The time to start is now.\nThank you.\nDOJ-1975-03\n- 12 -\nAND TEXAS\nRaesons FYI\nTEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION\n410 EAST WEATHERFORD ST.\nFORT WORTH. TEXAS 76102\nCATTLE * RAISERS ASSOCIATION *\nHILMAR G. MOORE, PRESIDENT\nJOHN B. ARMSTRONG, 2ND V.P. & TREAS.\nJ.A. WHITTENBURG. III, VICE PRESIDENT\nDON C. KING, SECY. GEN. MGR.\nApril 2, 1975\nMr. Richard Dunham, Director\nDomestic Council\nFYILPYF\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mr. Dunham:\nFor your information and review, we are enclosing a copy of a\nresolution adopted by the membership of this Association during\nthe 98th Annual Convention in Austin, Texas, March 26, 1975.\nThis resolution expresses to the Congress of the United States the\nTSCRA's opposition to H. R. 982, The Rodino Bill on Illegal Aliens.\nYour consideration of this resolution and our position will be appreciated.\nSincerely,\nHilmn 2.mone\nHILMAR G. MOORE\nPresident\nHGM:dws\nEnclosure\nPUBLISHERS OF The Cattloman\nRESOLUTION\nWHEREAS, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association\nrecognizes the problem our nation faces in controlling illegal aliens that have\ntaken jobs from American citizens, and\nWHEREAS, members of this Association are employers of persons\nwith Spanish surnames and do not want to be faced with a situation which\nwould require discriminating against those persons, and\nWHEREAS, the members of the Association do not want to serve as\nthe policing force in the illegal alien problem and yet be subject to criminal\npenalties for not properly policing the criminal problem,\nNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Texas and Southwestern\nCattle Raisers Association express to the Congress of the United States its\nposition on H.R. 982, The Rodino Bill on Illegal Aliens, that they are opposed\nto legislation that would put the burden of solving the illegal alien problem\non the backs of employers by making them the police force in the fight against\nillegal aliens and imposing criminal sanctions on employers for the criminal\nacts of the illegal aliens.\nAdopted at the 98th Annual Convention of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle\nRaisers Association, March 26, 1975.\nApril 3, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nDick Parsons\nFROM:\nKathleen Ryan\nLR\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens -- A Summary\nBackground:\nThe Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens was established by Presidential order on January 6,\n1975. Membership on the Committee includes: the Attorney\nGeneral, Chairman; the Secretary of State; the Secretary\nof Treasury; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary\nof Commerce; the Secretary of Labor; the Secretary of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare; Assistant to the President\nBaroody; and the Director of Office of Management and\nBudget.\nThe purpose of the Committee is to develop,\ncoordinate, and present to the President policy issues\nthat cut across agency lines so that better programs can\nbe developed for dealing with the national problem of\nillegal aliens.\nThe country must examine the continued validity\nof the basic assumptions underlying our national immigration\npolicy. The Committee feels\"it must begin to make immigra-\ntion policies, laws, and other enforcement rational and\nhonest.\"\nThe American Immigration System:\nIn America at first there was no immigration\nsystem at all: everyone was welcome. Exclusionary\nlegislation started in 1882 -- the Chinese Exclusion Act\nof that year. In the 1920's the exclusionary policies\nwere supplemented by more complicated origin quota systems.\nThese systems set a maximum quota for the number of immigrants\nto be admitted from each nation of the Old World. All\nthese laws of the period regulated immigration from the\nEastern Hemisphere, but not from the Western Hemisphere.\nIn 1965 Congress finally passed the Immigration\nAmendments. This highly intricate system was designed\nbroadly to meet three goals: to facilitate the unification\nof families; to allow the admission of some workers with\nneeded skills; and to permit the arrival of a relatively\nsmall number of carefully defined refugees,\n-2-\nIllegal Aliens:\nThe United States today faces the\ntremendous problem of illegal aliens. Reliable data,\nor any data at all, on these illegal aliens, illegal\nimmigrants as they are called by the Department of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare, is unavailable. No\none is certain what effect these people have on the\ncountry as a whole. The major cause of their great\ninflux is the economic disparity between the United\nStates and the country of origin of the illegal aliens.\nLast year the number of illegal aliens\nlocated exceeded by 121,000 the number of aliens\nadmitted as immigrants. There have been estimates of\nfrom 3 to 15 million illegal aliens in the United States.\nOf the approximate 6 million temporary visitors to\nthe United States in FY 1974 10% or 600,000 did not\ndepart upon expiration of their authorized stay. Yet,\n50% of this number usually can be resolved by clerical\nmeans leaving 300,000 cases unresolved. (Immigration &\nNaturalization service Statistics)\nDuring the past five fiscal years (1970-74),\na total of 422, 875 deportable aliens were located who\nhad been admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants,\nand of this number 82% were found to be student and\nvisitor status violators. (I&NS) HEW evidence indicates\nthat the illegal immigrant is typically 21 to 61 years\nof age and able-bodied.\nIt has also been charged that illegal aliens\ntend to spend a large share of their earnings in their\nhome country, and this may result in a foreign exchange\nloss of at least $150 million per year. (Department of\nAgriculture)\nLegislation:\nOn May 3, 1973 the House passed HR 982,\nknown as the Rodino bill. It was not passed by the Senate\nin the 93rd Congress. The present Congress has had no\nmarkup of the bill, but hearings have been held.\nThe bill would prohibit employment of\nillegal aliens and utilize a three-tiered penalty struc-\nture (warning and taxation for first offense, followed\nby imposition of civil and then criminal penalties.)\nalso farm habor Contractor Registration Actof1965 amended\ncontractors Confress who knowingly engage in the services illegal\nin 93 - criminal pualties for farm labor of\naliens.\n-3-\nHR 981, also not passed in the 93rd Congress,\nwould make technical adjustments to the Immigration and\nNationality Act. The central feature of the bill is\nthe creation of a preference system applicable to the\nWestern Hemisphere because there has been a long waiting\nperiod for Western Hemisphere visa applicants due to\nthe quota of 120,000 a year. This bill has been endorsed\nby the Department of Justice.\nSummary of the Department Reports:\nA charter and agenda of issues were sent\nby ex-Attorney General Saxbe on January 17, 1975 to\nthe various departments involved with the Domestic\nCouncil Committee on Illegal Aliens. The responses to\nthe memorandum generally answered the questions posed,\nand few original ideas were supplied.\nDepartment of Justice\nMr. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commissioner\nof the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS),\nresponded to the memorandum. Mr. Chapman is convinced\nthat the present national effort to solve the illegal\nalien problem requires concerted government-wide\ncooperation and feels the presence of large numbers of\nillegal aliens within our country has an impact on\npractically every sector of our society.\nA small amount of data on the characteristics\nof illegal immigrants has been obtained from apprehended\naliens. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and\nthe Department of Labor have awarded two consulting firms,\nLinton, Mields and Coston, Inc., and TransCentury Corp.,\na contract to design a major study to determine the size,\ncharacteristics, and impact of the illegal alien population.\nI&NS hopes to receive funding to do the study which is to\nbe completed by late 1976.\nTo control foreign visitors to America I&NS\nhopes three developments will help. First, I&NS and the\nVisa Office are developing a secure documentation system\nwhich will make it difficult for an overstay to establish\nan identity showing legitimate presence as an alien in\nthis country. Secondly, they hope for passage of the\nRodino bill. Third, I&NS and the State Department are\njointly working on an improved control program over entry\nby one high risk category of visitor -- by eliminating the\n-4-\nwaiver of visa requirements pertaining to entries into\nPuerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.\nTo help solve the problem of deportable\naliens admitted as nonimmigrants I&NS suggests a three-\nsided approach. The program of information exchange\nbetween I&NS and the Visa Office should be intensified.\nI&NS should expand its cooperative effort with the local\nEmployment Service Offices to find illegal aliens holding\nhigh paying jobs in areas of great unemployment. Liaison\nwith the Internal Revenue Service must be expanded so\nthat a more extensive tax collection program can be\ninaugurated.\nWhen asked how Justice and HEW cooperate\nin the concept of a universal identification card, their\nresponse was through the efforts of the Federal Advisory\nCommission on False Identification. I&NS is developing\na secure alien identification card which incorporates\nunique identification features. (They do not state what\nis unique.)\nThese two efforts, along with the HEW\nconcept of a Standard Universal Identifier (SUI)\napplicable to a National Health Program, they feel\nprovide some common ground for cooperation. Nowhere\ndoes the department state categorically if it is pro or\ncon the universal identification card.\nThe Department of State: L. Walentynowicz\nThe State Department feels that only a\ndefinitely chartered group will give the problem of\nillegal aliens the kind of study, comprehensive review\nand ultimate output it deserves. The Canadian govern-\nment is also currently reviewing its immigration policy\nand has issued a \"green paper\" on the subject.\nTraditionally, U.S. immigration policy has\nnot been primarily determined by foreign policy consider-\nations, altough it has had -- and continues to have --\nsubstantial foreign policy implications. Mexico is the\nonly country with which the illegal alien problem has\nbecome an important foreign policy issue. Mexico cannot\nsupport its growing population, and the Mexican people\nlook to the United States for economic betterment.\n-5-\nState points out that implicit in the Jackson-\nVanik amendment to the Foreign Trade bill, which states\nthat all countries should permit free emigration, is the\ncommitment to the idea to admit some of those aliens\npermitted unrestricted emigration.\nWith respect to the control of nonimmigrant\naliens the Department feels that it is possible that more\neffective implementation of the existing system coupled\nwith enactment of legislation to penalize employers\nwho give employment to aliens not authorized to be so\nemployed, and to prevent unauthorized self-employment,\nwill accomplish the desired goal of controlling foreign\nvisitors. The department does not believe that there\nis any hard evidence to indicate such an approach would\nunduly impede commerce and trade.\nState also feels that a broad statement on\nthe underlying principles of immigration by the U.S.\nGovernment should be promulgated initially. After\nthe views of those affected by immigration policies --\npressure groups in business, agriculture; labor\norganizations; and specified ethnicities -- have been\nvoiced and considered, should the Committee make\nspecific proposals. The Canadian government employed\nthis method.\nDepartment of Treasury: David R. Macdonald\nThe Department of Treasury dealt with\nthe aspects of taxation of illegal aliens. A 90-day\ntest to determine the feasibility of an IRS/I&NS inter-\nagency effort to improve compliance with Federal Tax\nlaws by apprehended illegal aliens was completed in\nJune 1974. The vast majority of illegal aliens\ninterviewed during this test had no taxes withheld\nfrom their wages, were claiming high numbers of\nexemptions to avoid paying taxes, or simply had no\nintention of paying Federal taxes. This test substantiated\na long-held belief that illegal aliens in the United\nStates represent an area of noncompliance.\nThe IRS, I&NS and the Social Security\nAdministration are presently developing a test program\nto secure the payment of withholding taxes by employers\nof illegal aliens.\n-6-\nTreasury feels that something must be done\nto ensure tax compliance with regard to nonresident and\nillegal aliens, but it is equally opposed to a universal\nidentification card.\nThe Department of Agriculture: J. Dawson Ahalt\nThe Department of Agriculture has discussed\ntwo issues: the impact of illegal aliens on the U.S.\nfarm labor situation; and current U.S. labor needs.\nAs in every area dealing with illegal aliens reputable\ndata is unavailable.\nCompetition with U.S. agricultural workers\ncomes from both illegal aliens and the \"green carder.\"\nThe latter is an alien who has been issued a permanent\nwork permit and enjoys comparatively free movement across\nnational borders. The \"green card\" is an I-151 and blue\nin color.\nIn the field of agriculture competition\nfrom illegal aliens occurs primarily in the short term\nmarkets. Each employed alien is occupying a job that\nwould otherwise be available to a U.S. worker. Yet,\nmost short term domestic workers, enter agrìculture\nto provide a seasonal source of secondary earnings.\nThese people are most likely to be displaced by seasonal\nillegal alien workers.\nTo the extent that illegal alien labor\nrepresents an increase in the total labor supply, the\nillegals depress the wage rate paid all workers in a\ngiven labor market.\nAccording to Agriculture there has been a\nshift in domestic labor use over the past three years\ntoward intermediate and long-term employment with but\nfew apparent wage incentives.\nThe Department's response to the questions\nof the physical existence of a sufficient domestic labor\nsupply and the ability to improve seasonal labor manage-\nment capabilities are ambiguous.\nMost border areas have integrated economies.\nTo totally restrict illegal alien workers would result in\nsevere short run damage to the economies on both sides\nof the border. The Department feels gradual, scheduled\nchanges in the availability of jobs or wage rates for\n-7-\nillegal workers should be encouraged in order to avoid\ndisastrous consequences to the farmers employing these\nworkers.\nCertification of additional temporary aliens\nis a conceptual possibility, but the administration would\nrequire a radical departure from past immigration enforce-\nment policies.\nAgriculture concludes that domestic labor\ncould easily substitute for displaced aliens if a large\ndomestic supply of secondary and moonlight labor existed.\nOtherwise an expensive system of income transfer payments\nwould have to be established to absorb personal income\nloss when not working.\nThe Department of Commerce: Karl E. Bakke\nThe Census Bureau has informed the Depart-\nment of Commerce that there is no simple or inexpen-\nsive way in which to obtain data on a population that\ndoes not want its characteristics known. They also have\nno estimates as to alien transfers out of the United\nStates.\nCommerce has not systematically investigated\nthe extent of illegal alien immigration or the size of\nthe illegal alien population. And at present no reliable\nmethods have been developed by them for making estimates\nof this group.\nThe Department does state that the relative\ncontribution of alien immigration to population growth\nhas increased substantially since 1960 because alien\nimmigration has shown a steady moderate increase, and the\nannual number of births has fallen sharply during the\nperiod. Natural increase continues to be a far more\nimportant contributor to our population growth than net\nimmigration in spite of the decline in the number of\nbirths and a moderate rise in the number of deaths.\nCommerce believes that natural increase is likely to\nremain a greater contributor to population growth in\nthe future, unless the laws controlling immigration\nare changed.\n-8-\nThe Department of Labor: Alfred G. Albert\nThe Department of Labor has no independent\nsource of data regarding illegal aliens, and relies on\nthe Immigration and Naturalization Service.\nThe major policy change which Labor feels\nshould be considered would in effect eliminate the\nlabor certification as a condition for the admission of\nimmigrants. Only 40,000 of the 400,000 immigrants are\naffected by the labor certification, and Labor thinks it\nis a waste of time and money.\nThe Department believes that illegal aliens\nare increasingly working in jobs that citizens and\npermanent residents would welcome -- the building trades\nis one example. Labor also feels that since illegals\noften must accept substandard wages and working conditions,\nthey interfere with the normal workings of the labor\nforce and perpetuate those substandard conditions.\nOur own labor force, supplemented by the\n400,000 immigrants who enter each year, plus the numbers\nof non-immigrants who enter for temporary work without\nlabor certifications, very adequately meet the needs of\nof our economy. Assuming that all the illegals were\nremoved and isolated shortages of labor were to develop\neither for temporary or permenent employment, the\npresent provisions of the law provide for the entry of\nneeded aliens. This is not to say that policy and\nprocedural changes could not be made which would remove\nsome of the incentives for aliens to enter illegally or\nenter legally and then violate their status, and to\nspeed the labor certification process for immigrants\nwhile reducing governmental costs.\nThe Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:\nWilliam A. Morrill\nHEW initiated in 1973 a program to spot check\nerrors in welfare costs One of these areas was designated\n\"error due to citizenship and alienage program element.'\nThe errors related to \"citizenship/alienage\" in proportion\nto the total cases ranged from a low of 0.3% (Tennessee) to\na high of 3.2% (Pennsylvania) among the ten states found\nto have errors of this type. There is no record of what\nproportion of each case is in fact in error.\n-9-\nUnder the present regulations governing the\nMigrant Health Program (Title 42, Public Health Act, Part 56)\nany migrant worker is eligible, regardless of citizenship.\nAgain there are no firm statistics on how much is spent\nby the Migrant Health Program on illegal aliens. HEW's\nstatistics estimate $1.5 million, or approximately 6.3%\nof the total Migrant Health Program budget for FY'75.\nIn regard to the issuance of a universal\nidentification card HEW evidence shows that: 1) the\nprivacy issues are very real, both in terms of recent\nlegislation and the increasing tide of public opinion;\n2) if the social security card is utilized, HEW estimates\nthe initial cost to be in excess of $100 million and\nthe marginal annual cost at around $10 million thereafter;\n3) assuming the addition of a thumbprint to the social\nsecurity card, an extensive amount of time would be\nnecessary to implement the system; and, 4) very recent\nexperience with attempts to coordinate the Social\nSecurity Administration's new citizenship identification\nrequirements with the I&NS have not yet increased their\neffectiveness in apprehending illegal immigrants.\nOutside groups are also affected by immigration\npolicy. Ethnic minorities that are legal U.S. citizens\nare many times treated like their illegal \"brothers.\"\nHEW feels that it is very important that these individuals\nand organizations be contacted in the formulation stages\nand before the Committee forwards any recommendations\nto the President. HEW has provided a list of some of\nthese organizations.\nConclusions:\nI feel that the reports mainly deal with the\nsymptoms, and not the causes. The major problem lies\nwith Mexico, our southern neighbor. Mexico's economy is\nin poor shape, and hopefully the discovery of oil will\nhelp.\nIn 1970 Mexico had a population of about\n50 million. At the current growth rate of 3.5% annual\nincrease, one of the largest in the world, the Mexican\npopulation will double in about 20 years. By 1985, the\npopulation of Mexico is expected to reach 85 million,\nand by 1995 about 120 million.\n-10-\nThe Final Report of the Special Study Group on\nIllegal Immigrants from Mexico, January 15, 1973, assumes\n1 million illegal aliens, of which 85% are estimated to\nbe Mexican, and 58% of these to be migrant workers.\nIf this percentage is valid, our major source of illegal\naliens is Mexico.\nPerhaps a system could be instituted\nbetween the U. S. Government and the Mexican Government\nthat for every illegal alien apprehended of Mexican\norigin a certain amount of money would be dropped from\nour aid program to Mexico. This might provide an impetus\nfor the Mexican Government to curb illegal emigration.\nI realize this would cause quite a furor.\nThe Mexicans, of course, claim that they are doing their\nbest and have many illegal aliens from Central America.\nWe should urge passage of the Rodino bill.\nIf some sort of citizenship identifier is\nagreed upon, maybe manpower from public service employ-\nment could be used.\nWHITE HOUSE STAFF MESS\nLUNCH\nMEMBER'S NAME\nDATE\nDINING ROOM\nROOM SERVICE\nPICK-UP\n\"SOUP AND APPETIZERS\nSOUP\nJUICE\nFRUIT CUP\n\"LUNCHEONS\"\nSPECIAL\nNUMBER ONE\nNUMBER TWO\nSTRIP STEAK\nWD\nM\nMR\nR\nLAMB CHOPS\nWD\nM\nMR\nR\nCHOPPED STEAK WD\nM\nMR\nR\nLOBSTER TAIL\n\"SANDWICHES AND SNACKS\"\nCHEF'S SALAD BOWL\nDAILY\nHAM AND CHEESE CLUB\nSALAD BAR\nB-L-T CLUB\nHAMBURGER\nTURKEY CLUB\nCHEESEBURGER\n\"DESSERTS\"\nDESSERT OF THE DAY\nHOT FUDGE SUNDAE\nSHERBET WITH COOKIES\nHOT BUTTERSCOTCHSUNDAE\nCHEESE AND CRACKERS\nPLAIN SOFT ICE CREAM\n\"BEVERAGES\"\nCOFFEE\nMAR\nMILK\nHOT TEA\nBEER\nICED TEA\nTOTAL\nSIGNATURE\nGPO 898-058\nTONY POBLETE\nO: W.P. 456-2610\nH: H.P. 248-5706 4-23-76 3:40p. 3:40 P.\n4\nLouraine graven\nmr greens's\nIrNS 376-8356\n(Telephoned Pobletis This)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMay 16, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR :\nDICK PARSONS\nFROM :\nJIM CAVANAUGI\nSUBJECT :\nIllegal Aliens\nN\nfile\nPlease prepare a memorandum for the President\nregarding the attached request.\nThanks.\nCC: Dick Dunham\n/\nGERALO LIVERSE R. FORD\ngave Marilyn\na copy for\nL. may to\nprepare a draft,\nFORDO is LIBRARY DERALD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMay 15, 1975\nTO:\nDICK DUNHAM\nJIM CAVANAUGH\nFROM:\nSUBJECT:\nJIM Illegal CANNON Jun Aliens\nAt our weekly meeting with the President today\nhe raised the question about what we were doing about\nillegal aliens. He wanted to know the status of the\nstudy we are making. How much are they costing us?\nAnd what can be done about them. Would you give me a\nreport as soon as possible.\nMany thanks.\nJMC: jm\nDRAFT\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nApril 4, 1975\nTO:\nDICK PARSONS\nFROM:\nKathleen Ryan\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens\nBackground:\nOn April 3, 1975, the Domestic Council Committee\non Illegal Aliens held its third meeting.\nMr. David North of Linton, Mields and Coston,\nInc. provided a summary of the study his consulting firm\nwas prepared to undertake on illegal aliens. The study will\naddress itself to these areas: a residential survey of\nillegal aliens; an industrial survey; theflow of EWI's\n(entered without inspection); the flow of fraudulent\ndocument holders; the demography of illegals; and the impact\nof illegals on legal aliens. Funds have not been appropriated\nfor this study. The expected completion date will be in\nearly 1977.\nThe meeting then broke down into a general\ndiscussion of illegal aliens. Each person addressed a question\non illegal aliens that had already been stated in their\ndepartments' response to the memorandum from ex-Attorney General\nSaxbe on January 17, 1975 .\nThe Committee is stymied. There are no reliable\nstatistics available on a group that does not want its\ncharacteristics known. The study and statistics apparently\nwill take two years to complete.\n-2-\nSome of sort of grand design is urgently needed.\nPROPOSALS:\n1. Specific Agenda. Have a specific agenda for\neach meeting. Studies to be assigned to each department with\ntheir due date. i.e. Statistics from all departments on the\nimpact of illegal aliens. Agriculture to gather all its\nstatistics on migrant labor, the percentage of which is\nillegal; how many illeGals work in the short term agricultural\nlabor market, and how many in the intermediate and long range\nmarkets. Labor could show how illegals take away jobs from\ncitizens, legal aliens, and legal residents.\n2. The Rodino Bill. The Rodino bill has\nbeen designed to prohibit the employment of illegal aliens,\nexcept domestics, by use of a three-tiered penalty structure.\nThe bill does not appear to be very strong, but a stronger\nbill can come after the exhaustive study has been done.\nSome Federal Law should prohibit the employment of illegal\naliens.\nThe bill would go into effect three months after\nit is passed. Publicity should be given to the bill before\nits enforcement. Farmers that rely heavily on illegal aliens\nwill need some time to adjust.\n3. Documentation for Employment. This should be\ngiven careful study. If one needs a social security number\n-3-\nto be elegible for benefits after employment. Why not\nuse a social security card to show eligibility for employ-\nment. Public Service Employment could be used to staff\nthe undertaking.\n4. Mexico. A policy with Mexico in regard\nto illegal aliens should be thought out.\nState and NSC\ncould help develop a strategy.\nApril 3, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nDick Parsons\nFROM:\nKathleen Ryan\nKR\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens -- A Summary\nBackground:\nThe Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens was established by Presidential order on January 6,\n1975. Membership on the Committee includes: the Attorney\nGeneral, Chairman; the Secretary of State; the Secretary\nof Treasury; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary\nof Commerce; the Secretary of Labor; the Secretary of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare; Assistant to the President\nBaroody; and the Director of Office of Management and\nBudget.\nThe purpose of the Committee is to develop,\ncoordinate, and present to the President policy issues\nthat cut across agency lines so that better programs can\nbe developed for dealing with the national problem of\nillegal aliens.\nThe country must examine the continued validity\nof the basic assumptions underlying our national immigration\npolicy. The Committee feels\"it must begin to make immigra-\ntion policies, laws, and other enforcement rational and\nhonest.'\nThe American Immigration System:\nIn America at first there was no immigration\nsystem at all: everyone was welcome. Exclusionary\nlegislation started in 1882 -- the Chinese Exclusion Act\nof that year. In the 1920's the exclusionary policies\nwere supplemented by more complicated origin quota systems.\nThese systems set a maximum quota for the number of immigrants\nto be admitted from each nation of the Old World. All\nthese laws of the period regulated immigration from the\nEastern Hemisphere, but not from the Western Hemisphere.\nIn 1965 Congress finally passed the Immigration\nAmendments. This highly intricate system was designed\nbroadly to meet three goals: to facilitate the unification\nof families; to allow the admission of some workers with\nneeded skills; and to permit the arrival of a relatively\nsmall number of carefully defined refugees,\n-2-\nIllegal Aliens:\nThe United States today faces the\ntremendous problem of illegal aliens. Reliable data,\nor any data at all, on these illegal aliens, illegal\nimmigrants as they are called by the Department of\nHealth, Education, and Welfare, is unavailable. No\none is certain what effect these people have on the\ncountry as a whole. The major cause of their great\ninflux is the economic disparity between the United\nStates and the country of origin of the illegal aliens.\nLast year the number of illegal aliens\nlocated exceeded by 121,000 the number of aliens\nadmitted as immigrants. There have been estimates of\nfrom 3 to 15 million illegal aliens in the United States.\nOf the approximate 6 million temporary visitors to\nthe United States in FY 1974 10% or 600,000 did not\ndepart upon expiration of their authorized stay. Yet,\n50% of this number usually can be resolved by clerical\nmeans leaving 300,000 cases unresolved. (Immigration &\nNaturalization service Statistics)\nDuring the past five fiscal years (1970-74),\na total of 422,875 deportable aliens were located who\nhad been admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants,\nand of this number 82% were found to be student and\nvisitor status violators. (I&NS) HEW evidence indicates\nthat the illegal immigrant is typically 21 to 61 years\nof age and able-bodied.\nIt has also been charged that illegal aliens\ntend to spend a large share of their earnings in their\nhome country, and this may result in a foreign exchange\nloss of at least $150 million per year. (Department of\nAgriculture)\nLegislation:\nOn May 3, 1973 the House passed HR 982,\nknown as the Rodino bill. It was not passed by the Senate\nin the 93rd Congress. The present Congress has had no\nmarkup of the bill, but hearings have been held.\nThe bill would prohibit employment of\nillegal aliens and utilize a three-tiered penalty struc-\nture (warning and taxation for first offense, followed\nby imposition of civil and then criminal penalties.)\n-3-\nHR 981, also not passed in the 93rd Congress,\nwould make technical adjustments to the Immigration and\nNationality Act. The central feature of the bill is\nthe creation of a preference system applicable to the\nWestern Hemisphere because there has been a long waiting\nperiod for Western Hemisphere visa applicants due to\nthe quota of 120,000 a year. This bill has been endorsed\nby the Department of Justice.\nSummary of the Department Reports:\nA charter and agenda of issues were sent\nby ex-Attorney General Saxbe on January 17, 1975 to\nthe various departments involved with the Domestic\nCouncil Committee on Illegal Aliens. The responses to\nthe memorandum generally answered the questions posed,\nand few original ideas were supplied.\nDepartment of Justice\nMr. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commissioner\nof the Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS),\nresponded to the memorandum. Mr. Chapman is convinced\nthat the present national effort to solve the illegal\nalien problem requires concerted government-wide\ncooperation and feels the presence of large numbers of\nillegal aliens within our country has an impact on\npractically every sector of our society.\nA small amount of data on the characteristics\nof illegal immigrants has been obtained from apprehended\naliens. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and\nthe Department of Labor have awarded two consulting firms,\nLinton, Mields and Coston, Inc., and TransCentury Corp.,\na contract to design a major study to determine the size,\ncharacteristics, and impact of the illegal alien population.\nI&NS hopes to receive funding to do the study which is to\nbe completed by late 1976.\nTo control foreign visitors to America I&NS\nhopes three developments will help. First, I&NS and the\nVisa Office are developing a secure documentation system\nwhich will make it difficult for an overstay to establish\nan identity showing legitimate presence as an alien in\nthis country. Secondly, they hope for passage of the\nRodino bill. Third, I&NS and the State Department are\njointly working on an improved control program over entry\nby one high risk category of visitor -- by eliminating the\n-4-\nwaiver of visa requirements pertaining to entries into\nPuerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.\nTo help solve the problem of deportable\naliens admitted as nonimmigrants I&NS suggests a three-\nsided approach. The program of information exchange\nbetween I&NS and the Visa Office should be intensified.\nI&NS should expand its cooperative effort with the local\nEmployment Service Offices to find illegal aliens holding\nhigh paying jobs in areas of great unemployment. Liaison\nwith the Internal Revenue Service must be expanded so\nthat a more extensive tax collection program can be\ninaugurated.\nWhen asked how Justice and HEW could cooperate\nin the concept of a universal identification card, their\nresponse was through the efforts of the Federal Advisory\nCommission on False Identification. I&NS is developing\na secure alien identification card which incorporates\nunique identification features. (They do not state what\nis unique.)\nThese two efforts, along with the HEW\nconcept of a Standard Universal Identifier (SUI)\napplicable to a National Health Program, they feel\nprovide some common ground for cooperation. Nowhere\ndoes the department state categorically if it is pro or\ncon the universal identification card.\nThe Department of State: L. Walentynowicz\nThe State Department feels that only a\ndefinitely chartered group will give the problem of\nillegal aliens the kind of study, comprehensive review\nand ultimate output it deserves. The Canadian govern-\nment is also currently reviewing its immigration policy\nand has issued a \"green paper\" on the subject.\nTraditionally, U.S. immigration policy has\nnot been primarily determined by foreign policy consider-\nations, altough it has had -- and continues to have --\nsubstantial foreign policy implications. Mexico is the\nonly country with which the illegal alien problem has\nbecome an important foreign policy issue. Mexico cannot\nsupport its growing population, and the Mexican people\nlook to the United States for economic betterment.\n-5-\nState points out that implicit in the Jackson-\nVanik amendment to the Foreign Trade bill, which states\nthat all countries should permit free emigration, is the\ncommitment to the idea to admit some of those aliens\npermitted unrestricted emigration.\nWith respect to the control of nonimmigrant\naliens the Department feels that it is possible that more\neffective implementation of the existing system coupled\nwith enactment of legislation to penalize employers\nwho give employment to aliens not authorized to be so\nemployed, and to prevent unauthorized self-employment,\nwill accomplish the desired goal of controlling foreign\nvisitors. The department does not believe that there\nis any hard evidence to indicate such an approach would\nunduly impede commerce and trade.\nState also feels that a broad statement on\nthe underlying principles of immigration by the U.S.\nGovernment should be promulgated initially. After\nthe views of those affected by immigration policies --\npressure groups in business, agriculture; labor\norganizations; and specified ethnicities -- have been\nvoiced and considered, should the Committee make\nspecific proposals. The Canadian government employed\nthis method.\nDepartment of Treasury: David R. Macdonald\nThe Department of Treasury dealt with\nthe aspects of taxation of illegal aliens. A 90-day\ntest to determine the feasibility of an IRS/I&NS inter-\nagency effort to improve compliance with Federal Tax\nlaws by apprehended illegal aliens was completed in\nJune 1974. The vast majority of illegal aliens\ninterviewed during this test had no taxes withheld\nfrom their wages, were claiming high numbers of\nexemptions to avoid paying taxes, or simply had no\nintention of paying Federal taxes. This test substantiated\na long-held belief that illegal aliens in the United\nStates represent an area of noncompliance.\nThe IRS, I&NS and the Social Security\nAdministration are presently developing a test program\nto secure the payment of withholding taxes by employers\nof illegal aliens.\n-6-\nTreasury feels that something must be done\nto ensure tax compliance with regard to nonresident and\nillegal aliens, but it is equally opposed to a universal\nidentification card.\nThe Department of Agriculture: J. Dawson Ahalt\nThe Department of Agriculture has discussed\ntwo issues: the impact of illegal aliens on the U.S.\nfarm labor situation; and current U.S. labor needs.\nAs in every area dealing with illegal aliens reputable\ndata is unavailable.\nCompetition with U.S. agricultural workers\ncomes from both illegal aliens and the \"green carder.\"\nThe latter is an alien who has been issued a permanent\nwork permit and enjoys comparatively free movement across\nnational borders. The \"green card\" is an I-151 and blue\nin color.\nIn the field of agriculture competition\nfrom illegal aliens occurs primarily in the short term\nmarkets. Each employed alien is occupying a job that\nwould otherwise be available to a U.S. worker. Yet,\nmost short term domestic workers, enter agriculture\nto provide a seasonal source of secondary earnings.\nThese people are most likely to be displaced by seasonal\nillegal alien workers.\nTo the extent that illegal alien labor\nrepresents an increase in the total labor supply, the\nillegals depress the wage rate paid all workers in a\ngiven labor market.\nAccording to Agriculture there has been a\nshift in domestic labor use over the past three years\ntoward intermediate and long-term employment with but\nfew apparent wage incentives.\nThe Department's response to the questions\nof the physical existence of a sufficient domestic labor\nsupply and the ability to improve seasonal labor manage-\nment capabilities are ambiguous.\nMost border areas have integrated economies.\nTo totally restrict illegal alien workers would result in\nsevere short run damage to the economies on both sides\nof the border. The Department feels gradual, scheduled\nchanges in the availability of jobs or wage rates for\n-7-\nillegal workers should be encouraged in order to avoid\ndisastrous consequences to the farmers employing these\nworkers.\nCertification of additional temporary aliens\nis a conceptual possibility, but the administration would\nrequire a radical departure from past immigration enforce-\nment policies.\nAgriculture concludes that domestic labor\ncould easily substitute for displaced aliens if a large\ndomestic supply of secondary and moonlight labor existed.\nOtherwise an expensive system of income transfer payments\nwould have to be established to absorb personal income\nloss when not working.\nThe Department of Commerce: Karl E. Bakke\nThe Census Bureau has informed the Depart-\nment of Commerce that there is no simple or inexpen-\nsive way in which to obtain data on a population that\ndoes not want its characteristics known. They also have\nno estimates as to alien transfers out of the United\nStates.\nCommerce has not systematically investigated\nthe extent of illegal alien immigration or the size of\nthe illegal alien population. And at present no reliable\nmethods have been developed by them for making estimates\nof this group.\nThe Department does state that the relative\ncontribution of alien immigration to population growth\nhas increased substantially since 1960 because alien\nimmigration has shown a steady moderate increase, and the\nannual number of births has fallen sharply during the\nperiod. Natural increase continues to be a far more\nimportant contributor to our population growth than net\nimmigration in spite of the decline in the number of\nbirths and a moderate rise in the number of deaths.\nCommerce believes that natural increase is likely to\nremain a greater contributor to population growth in\nthe future, unless the laws controlling immigration\nare changed.\n-8-\nThe Department of Labor: Alfred G. Albert\nThe Department of Labor has no independent\nsource of data regarding illegal aliens, and relies on\nthe Immigration and Naturalization Service.\nThe major policy change which Labor feels\nshould be considered would in effect eliminate the\nlabor certification as a condition for the admission of\nimmigrants. Only 40,000 of the 400,000 immigrants are\naffected by the labor certification, and Labor thinks it\nis a waste of time and money.\nThe Department believes that illegal aliens\nare increasingly working in jobs that citizens and\npermanent residents would welcome -- the building trades\nis one example. Labor also feels that since illegals\noften must accept substandard wages and working conditions,\nthey interfere with the normal workings of the labor\nforce and perpetuate those substandard conditions.\nOur own labor force, supplemented by the\n400,000 immigrants who enter each year, plus the numbers\nof non-immigrants who enter for temporary work without\nlabor certifications, very adequately meet the needs of\nof our economy. Assuming that all the illegals were\nremoved and isolated shortages of labor were to develop\neither for temporary or permenent employment, the\npresent provisions of the law provide for the entry of\nneeded aliens. This is not to say that policy and\nprocedural changes could not be made which would remove\nsome of the incentives for aliens to enter illegally or\nenter legally and then violate their status, and to\nspeed the labor certification process for immigrants\nwhile reducing governmental costs.\nThe Department of Health, Education, and Welfare:\nWilliam A. Morrill\nHEW initiated in 1973 a program to spot check\nerrors in welfare costs. One of these areas was designated\n\"error due to citizenship and alienage program element.\"\nThe errors related to \"citizenship/alienage\" in proportion\nto the total cases ranged from a low of 0.3% (Tennessee) to\na high of 3.2% (Pennsylvania) among the ten states found\nto have errors of this type. There is no record of what\nproportion of each case is in fact in error.\n-9-\nUnder the present regulations governing the\nMigrant Health Program (Title 42, Public Health Act, Part 56)\nany migrant worker is eligible, regardless of citizenship.\nAgain there are no firm statistics on how much is spent\nby the Migrant Health Program on illegal aliens. HEW's\nstatistics estimate $1.5 million, or approximately 6.3%\nof the total Migrant Health Program budget for FY'75.\nIn regard to the issuance of a universal\nidentification card HEW evidence shows that: 1) the\nprivacy issues are very real, both in terms of recent\nlegislation and the increasing tide of public opinion;\n2) if the social security card is utilized, HEW estimates\nthe initial cost to be in excess of $100 million and\nthe marginal annual cost at around $10 million thereafter;\n3) assuming the addition of a thumbprint to the social\nsecurity card, an extensive amount of time would be\nnecessary to implement the system; and, 4) very recent\nexperience with attempts to coordinate the Social\nSecurity Administration's new citizenship identification\nrequirements with the I&NS have not yet increased their\neffectiveness in apprehending illegal immigrants.\nOutside groups are also affected by immigration\npolicy. Ethnic minorities that are legal U.S. citizens\nare many times treated like their illegal \"brothers.\"\nHEW feels that it is very important that these individuals\nand organizations be contacted in the formulation stages\nand before the Committee forwards any recommendations\nto the President. HEW has provided a list of some of\nthese organizations.\nConclusions:\nI feel that the reports mainly deal with the\nsymptoms, and not the causes. The major problem lies\nwith Mexico, our southern neighbor. Mexico's economy is\nin poor shape, and hopefully the discovery of oil will\nhelp.\nIn 1970 Mexico had a population of about\n50 million. At the current growth rate of 3.5% annual\nincrease, one of the largest in the world, the Mexican\npopulation will double in about 20 years. By 1985, the\npopulation of Mexico is expected to reach 85 million,\nand by 1995 about 120 million.\n-10-\nThe Final Report of the Special Study Group on\nIllegal Immigrants from Mexico, January 15, 1973, assumes\n1 million illegal aliens, of which 85% are estimated to\nbe Mexican, and 58% of these to be migrant workers.\nIf this percentage is valid, our major source of illegal\naliens is Mexico.\nPerhaps a system could be instituted\nbetween the U. S. Government and the Mexican Government\nthat for every illegal alien apprehended of Mexican\norigin a certain amount of money would be dropped from\nour aid program to Mexico. This might provide an impetus\nfor the Mexican Government to curb illegal emigration.\nI realize this would cause quite a furor.\nThe Mexicans, of course, claim that they are doing their\nbest and have many illegal aliens from Central America.\nWe should urge passage of the Rodino bill.\nIf some sort of citizenship identifier is\nagreed upon, maybe manpower from public service employ-\nment could be used.\nMay 21, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CAVANAUGH\nFROM:\nDICK PARSONS\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nPer your request, the following is a brief description of the status of the\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens:\nThe Committee has met several times, but it is currently at a\ncrossroads with several directions in which it might go.\nAccordingly, we are preparing a decision memorandum for\nthe President with the assistance of the Labor and Justice\nDepartments. It should be completed early next week.\nFORD is LIBRARY 07V339\nMay 21, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CAVANAUGH\nFROM:\nDICK PARSONS\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nPer your request, the following is a brief description of the status of the\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens:\nThe Committee has met several times, but it is currently at a\ncrossroads with several directions in which it might go.\nAccordingly, we are preparing a decision memorandum for\nthe President with the assistance of the Labor and Justice\nDepartments. It should be completed early next week.\nGERALD FORD\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRARY\nThis form marks the file location of item number\n/\n,\nas listed on the pink form (GSA form 7122, Withdrawal Sheet) at the\nfront of the folder.\nW.H.M 7/23/79\nJune 27, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL\nFROM:\nDICK PARSONS\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nThe following options regarding the future course of the Domestic Council\nCommittee on Illegal Aliens were presented to the President:\n1. A Limited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years. The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalisation study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illegal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\nPro - This option would permit a positive step by step approach\nwithout incurring great additional costs or creating mandates\nfor further action. It would furnish data necessary to\nestablishing the parameters of the problem and for the formulation\nof a logical sequence of studies lending to solutions.\nCon - It is a limited approach to the problem and would not do much\nbefore the election to solve the larger accompanying economic\nand social impact of the pressure of illegal aliens apart from\nestablishing sanctions against employment.\nFORD LIBRAGA\n-2-\n2. An Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\na. What are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nc. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\nPro - It would provide a large body of background data and accelerate\nyour Administration's efforts to deal with the problem.\nCon - This proposal would take time, money and the commitment of a\nfull time staff of agency personnel or consultants. The impact\nstudies could heighten tensions among Spanish speaking\ngroups and the results, particularly in the social services\narea, could produce evidence of the inordinate cost of illegal\naliens on state and local governments. This could create\npressures for Federal subsidies to ease the problem.\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn option, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalising these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nGERAED FORD\n-3-\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under a quota system.\nPro - Would provide the data for a \"legalistic\" solution to the problem\nby examining the feasibility of admitting more aliens as\nimmigrants and legal workers.\nCon - The study could incur the opposition of organised labor to\nwhom the \"Bracero\" program was an anathema.\nDECISION:\nThe President chose options 2 and 3. It is incumbent, therefore, for the\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens to implement this decision.\nI suggest that the Deputy Attorney General call a meeting of the Committee,\nrequesting attendance of Under Secretaries and designated representatives\nto give new life to the Committee and to discuss effectuation of the President's\ndecision.\nRDP: FLM: mem\nGENELA FORD AFBRART\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 20, 1975\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJIM CANNON\n-22\nFROM:\nJIM CONNOR\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens\nThe President has reviewed your memorandum of June 16th\non the above subject and the following recommendations were\napproved:\nOption 2 - Immediate Comprehensive Approach\nOption 3- - Review of Immigration and Work Entry\nLaws\nPlease follow-up with appropriate action.\nCC: Don Rumsfeld\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION\nWASHINGTON\nJune 16, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON June\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nOn January 6, 1975, you established the Domestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens to develop, coordinate and present policy issues that cut across\nagency lines to provide better programs for dealing with the national problem\nof illegal aliens. The meetings of the Committee have revealed the current\ntotal lack of solid data on the problem and the difficulity in obtaining it. The\nCommittee is divided on its future course -- whether it should adopt a limited,\nmethodical approach which would take several years to carry out or attempt\na quicker resolution with several attendant risks. Your guidance is necessary\nto resolve this impasse.\nOPTIONS:\nThere are two competing alternatives for the Committee's future activities and\na non exclusive third option.\n1. Limited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years. The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalization study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illegal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\nFORD is LIBRARY\nPro - This option would permit a positive step by step approach\nwithout incurring great additional costs or creating mandates\nfor further action. It would furnish data necessary to\nestablishing the parameters of the problem and for the formulation\nof a logical sequence of studies lending to solutions.\nCon - It is a limited approach to the problem and would not do much\nbefore the election to solve the larger accompanying economic\nand social impact of the pressure of illegal aliens apart from\nestablishing sanctions against employment.\n2. Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\na. What are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nC. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\nPro - It would provide a large body of background data and accelerate\nyour Administration's efforts to deal with the problem.\nCon - This proposal would take time, money and the commitment of a\nfull time staff of agency personnel or consultants. The impact\nstudies could heighten tensions among Spanish speaking\ngroups and the results, particularly in the social services\narea, could produce evidence of the inordinate cost of illegal\naliens on state and local governments. This could create\npressures for Federal subsidies to ease the problem.\nGERALO FORD DIBRARY\n-3-\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn option, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalizing these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under a quota system.\nPro - Would provide the data for a \"legalistic\" solution to the problem\nby examining the feasibility of admitting more aliens as\nimmigrants and legal workers.\nCon - The study could incur the opposition of organized labor to\nwhom the \"Bracero\" program was an anathema.\nRECOMMENDATIONS\nOption 1 (Limited Step by Step Approach)\n- Levi, Buchen, Marsh\nSeidman\nOption 2 (Immediate Comprehertsive Approach)\n- Dunlop, Lynn, Cannon\nOption 3 (Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws) - Levi, Buchen, Marsh,\nLynn, Cannon\nDECISION:\nOption 1\nor\nOption 2\nOption 3\nYes\nNo\nGENALE FORD LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 30, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nHAROLD R. TYLER\nChairman\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS Dick\nAssociate Director and Counsel\nDomestic Council\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nAs you may recall, we recently presented the President with a series of options\nregarding the future course of the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThese were:\n1. A Limited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years. The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalization study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illegal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\n2. An Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\n-2-\na.\nWhat are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nc. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn option, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalizing these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under a quota system.\nDECISION:\nThe President chose 2 and 3. May I suggest that you call a meeting of the\ndepartment and agency representatives to the Committee to discuss effectuation\nof the President's decision. If you would designate one of your assistants as\na contact in this subject area, my assistant, Lynn May, will work with him in\nsetting up the meeting.\nduly 14, 1975\nDear Senator Packwood:\nThis is in further response to your recent letter to\nBill Kendall requesting a meeting to discuss S. 1928,\nthe Alien Employment Act.\nAs you know, the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens, which is being chaired by Deputy Attorney General\nHarold Tyler, is in the process of assessing the impact\nof illegal aliens in this country and developing recem-\nmendations for dealing with this problem. I have asked\nDick Parsons of my staff, who is the White House liaison\nto the Committee, to contact your office to arrange a\nmeeting to discuss the provisions of your bill.\nSincerely,\nJames M. Cannon\nAssistant to the President\nfor Domestic Affairs\nThe Honorable Bob Packwood\nUnited States Senate\nWashington, D. c. 20510\nbee: Bill Kendall\nRDP;med\nGERALD FORD LIBRATA\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDATE: July 7, 1975\nTO:\nDICK PARSONS\nFROM: JIM CAVANAUGH\nx\nof\nSUBJ: Sen. Packwood Letter Re.\nS. 1928\nFYI\nAction X\nPlease draft a reply to\nSenator Packwood for\nJim Cannon's signature.\nyou prepare ? a\ndraft, please\nD.\nGERALD R FORD\nJuly 1, 1975\nDear Senator:\nThank you for your letter regarding S. 1928,\nthe Alien Employment Act.\nI shall be pleased to pass your request for a\nmeeting along to the appropriate office for their\nconsideration. I am sure your will be hearing\nfrom them shortly.\nWith best wishes,\nSincerely,\nWilliam T. Kendall\nDeputy Assistant\nto the President\nHonorable Bob Packwood\nUnited States Senate\nWashington, D.C. 20510\nbcc: w/incoming to Jim Cannon for further action please\nWTK:ba\ncf\n+\nDD 101 e W a 47\nFORD is LIBRARY 070830\nRUSSELL B. LONG, LA., CHAIRMAN\nHERMAN E. TALMADGE, GA.\nCARL T. CURTIS, NEBR.\nVANCE HARTKE, IND.\nPAUL J. FANNIN, ARIZ.\nABRAHAM RIBICOFF, CONN.\nCLIFFORD P. HANSEN, WYO.\nHARRY F. BYRD. JR., VA.\nROBERT J. DOLE, KANS,\nGAYLORD NELSON, WIS.\nBOB PACKWOOD, OREG.\nWALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.\nWILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., DEL\nUnited States Senate\nMIKE GRAVEL ALASKA\nBILL BROCK, TENN.\nLLOYD BENTSEN. TEX.\nCOMMITTEE ON FINANCE\nWILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, MAINE\nFLOYD K. HASKELL, COLO.\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20510\n15\nMICHAEL STERN, STAFF DIRECTOR\nDONALD V. MOOREHEAD, CHIEF MINORITY COUNSEL\nJune 18, 1975\nMr. William T. Kendall\nDeputy Assitant to the President\nfor Legislative Affairs\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Bill:\nLast Thursday I introduced S. 1928, the Alien\nemployment Act, which I have been preparing for the\npast year to locate those aliens illegally employed in\nthis Country and to prohibit such employment in the\nfuture. My involvement in this area is precipitated by\na personal conviction that legislation heretofore offered\non the subject of illegal alien employment is deficient\nin two principal areas:\n1. Such legislation purports to locate\nillegals by requiring employees merely to\nstate whether they are legally entitled to\nemployment in this Country. It is my\nopinion and that of many other authorities\nwith whom I have discussed this procedure\nthat it is not enough. The illegal alien\nhas, in most instances, come to this\nCountry for purposes of employment and\nbroken the law by obtaining employment. To\nexpect him to voluntarily own up to his\nillegal status under these circumstances is\nnot realistic.\n2. Legislation heretofore considered makes\nno allowance for the fact that much of the\nagricultural employment in this Country is\nperformed by those not entitled to employ-\nment. The agricultural employer has not\nbroken the law by hiring these aliens and\nto enact legislation to prohibit such employ-\nment without giving such employer time to\nadjust would cause extreme financial hardship\nand simply leave crops rotting in the field\nfor lack of a harvest force.\nMr. Kendall\nJune 18, 1975\nPage 2\nThe Alien Employment Act addresses itself to both\nof the foregoing deficiencies. First, the Act establishes\nprocedures by which the right of an employee to employment\nis determined through identification. Second, a limited\nexemption is provided to those agricultural employers\nwho cannot find sufficient numbers of persons legally\nentitled to employment.\nI would appreciate it if you could set a time\nwhen members of my staff could discuss the provisions\nof the Act with those who will be called upon by the\nPresident to advise as to what the Administration's position\nshould be on this legislation.\nCordially,\nBOB Bol PACKWOOD\nBP:kbs\n$\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 18, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS/F. LYNN MAY\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nOn June 30, we forwarded to you a memorandum which outlined the President's\ndecisions regarding the future activities of the Domestic Council Committee\non Illegal Aliens. We have since consulted with other White House and OMB\nstaff members who have some jurisdiction over illegal aliens and related\nmatters. All of them agree that the present organization of the Domestic\nCouncil Committee is ill-suited to carry out the tasks approved by the\nPresident, citing the need for better direction and the coordination of\nCommittee activities.\nAccordingly, we have taken a first cut at a new organizational structure for\nthe Committee, which is presented for your consideration. Structurally, it\nentails breaking the Committee's activities into specific categories based on\nthe President's decision and assigning task forces to work on them. The\ncategories that we thought of are:\n(1) A study of the impact of illegal aliens on jobs.\n(2) A study of the impact on the social services (welfare, education,\nhealth services, unemployment insurance, etc.)\n(3) A review of existing laws on immigration and admission for\nemployment.\n(4) A examination of the law enforcement aspects related to illegal\naliens.\n(5) A examination of existing and proposed legislation affecting illegal\naliens.\n-2-\nThe people consulted in this matter advocated the temporary appointment\nof an Executive Director to the Committee to coordinate the activities of the\ntask force and the designation of key people to work on the task forces.\nExtensive government experience and initiative were stressed as prime\nqualities for these jobs.\nWe have attached a draft diagram of our concept of the Committee's organiza-\ntional structure with some of the participatory agencies to serve on the\ntask forces. We'd appreciate your comments on this.\nSeptember 5, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR: JIM CANNON\nFROM:\nDICK PARSONS\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nThe President established the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens on January 6. 1975 to develop, coordinate and present policy\nissues to deal with the problem of illegal aliens (See Tab A). Deputy\nAttorney General Silberman chaired several meetings of the Committee\nlast Spring but little substantive was accomplished apart from the\ndiscovery that there was virtually no positive data available on illegal\naliens in the files of Federal agencies. The Immigration and Naturaliza-\ntion Service, however, formulated a study proposal intended to deter-\nmine the distribution. characteristics, flows and impact of illegal aliens\nin the United States. This study is currently awaiting Congressional\nappropriations.\nSilberman's departure from the Justice Department resulted in a loss of\nleadership in the Domestic Council Committee. In June, the Domestic\nCouncil submitted an option memorandum to the President requesting\nguidance on the direction and level of resources to be employed in\nanalysis of the illegal aliens problem (See Tab B). Based on the\nPresident's decision to pursue a major.comprehensive effort, I wrote\na memorandum to the Attorney General suggesting a reorganization of\nthe Committee into specific task forces with permanent staff (See Tab C).\nI have been informally notified that the Attorney General intends to\nassume chairmanship of the Domestic Council Committee and is preparing\na memorandum detailing his plans for its revival. I will forward this to\nyou as soon as I receive it.\nAttachments\nFORD LIBRARY\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJANUARY 6, 1975\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJanuary 6, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE DOMESTIC COUNCIL\nSecretary of State\nSecretary of the Treasury\nAttorney General\nSecretary of the Interior\nSecretary of Agriculture\nSecretary of Commerce\nSecretary of Labor\nSecretary of Health, Education and Welfare\nSecretary of Housing and Urban Development\nSecretary of Transportation\nAssistant to the President Baroody\nDirector, Office of Management and Budget\nChairman, Council on Economic Advisers\nChairman, Council on Environmental Quality\nAdministrator of the Environmental\nProtection Agency\nDirector, ACTION\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nI am today establishing a new Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThis Committee will develop, coordinate and present to me policy issues that\ncut across agency lines to provide better programs for dealing with this\nNational problem. The Attorney General will serve as the Chairman of this\nCommittee. The membership of the Committee will consist of the Secretary\nof State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary\nof Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, Education, and\nWelfare, Assistant to the President Baroody, and the Director of the Office\nof Management and Budget.\nGERALD R. FORD\n###\nB\nJune 30, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nHAROLD R. TYLER\nChairman\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS\nAssociate Director and Counsel\nDomestic Council\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nAs you may recall, we recently presented the President with a series of options\nregarding the future course of the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThese were:\n1. A Limited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years. The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalization study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illegal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\n2. An Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\nFORD 3 LIBRARY\n-2-\na. What are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nC. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn option, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalizing these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under a quota system.\nDECISION:\nThe President chose 2 and 3. May I suggest that you call a meeting of the\ndepartment and agency representatives to the Committee to discuss effectuation\nof the President's decision. If you would designate one of your assistants as\na contact in this subject area, my assistant, Lynn May, will work with him in\nsetting up the meeting.\nGERALD FORD NEBRADA\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 18, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS/F. LYNN MAY\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nOn June 30, we forwarded to you a memorandum which outlined the President's\ndecisions regarding the future activities of the Domestic Council Committee\non Illegal Aliens. We have since consulted with other White House and OMB\nstaff members who have some jurisdiction over illegal aliens and related\nmatters. All of them agree that the present organization of the Domestic\nCouncil Committee is ill-suited to carry out the tasks approved by the\nPresident, citing the need for better direction and the coordination of\nCommittee activities.\nAccordingly, we have taken a first cut at a new organizational structure for\nthe Committee, which is presented for your consideration. Structurally, it\nentails breaking the Committee's activities into specific categories based on\nthe President's decision and assigning task forces to work on them. The\ncategories that we thought of are:\n(1) A study of the impact of illegal aliens on jobs.\n(2) A study of the impact on the social services (welfare, education,\nhealth services, unemployment insurance, etc.)\n(3) A review of existing laws on immigration and admission for\nemployment.\n(4) A examination of the law enforcement aspects related to illegal\naliens.\n(5) A examination of existing and proposed legislation affecting illegal\naliens.\n-2-\nThe people consulted in this matter advocated the temporary appointment\nof an Executive Director to the Committee to coordinate the activities of the\ntask force and the designation of key people to work on the task forces.\nExtensive government experience and initiative were stressed as prime\nqualities for these jobs.\nWe have attached a draft diagram of our concept of the Committee's organiza-\ntional structure with some of the participatory agencies to serve on the\ntask forces. We'd appreciate your comments on this.\nFORD is LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 8, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Cannon\nFROM:\nDick Parsons\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nThis memorandum responds to your request for an update on where\nwe are on the illegal aliens problem.\nBACKGROUND\nThe President established the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens on January 6, 1975, to develop, coordinate and present to\nhim policy issues dealing with the problem of illegal aliens (See\nTab A). Although the Attorney General was designated to serve as\nChairman of the Committee, the first few meetings were chaired by\nDeputy Attorney General Silberman early last Spring. Little of\nsubstance was accomplished at these meetings, apart from determin-\ning that there was no good data on the scope of the problem.\nSilberman's departure from the Department of Justice resulted in a\nloss of leadership on the Committee.\nIn June, you submitted an options paper to the President requesting\nguidance on the direction and level of resources to be employed in\nanalysis of the illegal aliens problem (See Tab B). Based on the\nPresident's decision to pursue a major comprehensive effort, I wrote\nto Deputy Attorney General Tyler (Silberman's successor), informing\nhim of the President's decision (See Tab C) and suggesting a new\norganizational structure for the Committee (See Tab D).\nCURRENT STATUS\nPartially as a result of the early findings of the Committee, the\nImmigration and Naturalization Service formulated a study proposal\nwhich would enable it to determine the distribution, characteristics\nnumber, flow and impact of illegal aliens in this country: This\nstudy is currently awaiting Congressional appropriations.\nAs a result of the President's June decision and our follow-up\ncorrespondence, I am advised that the Attorney General intends to\npersonally assume chairmanship of the Committee and to create a\nfull-time staff capacity within the Department of Justice. He is\npreparing a memorandum to you detailing his plans in this regard.\nGERALD ASSUSIT\nA\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJANUARY 6, 1975\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJanuary 6, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE DOMESTIC COUNCIL\nSecretary of State\nSecretary of the Treasury\nAttorney General\nSecretary of the Interior\nSecretary of Agriculture\nSecretary of Commerce\nSecretary of Labor\nSecretary of Health, Education and Welfare\nSecretary of Housing and Urban Development\nSecretary of Transportation\nAssistant to the President Baroody\nDirector, Office of Management and Budget\nChairman, Council on Economic Advisers\nChairman, Council on Environmental Quality\nAdministrator of the Environmental\nProtection Agency\nDirector, ACTION\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nI am today establishing a new Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThis Committee will develop, coordinate and present to me policy issues that\ncut across agency lines to provide better programs for dealing with this\nNational problem. The Attorney General will serve as the Chairman of this\nCommittee. The membership of the Committee will consist of the Secretary\nof State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary\nof Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health, Education, and\nWelfare, Assistant to the President Baroody, and the Director of the Office\nof Management and Budget.\nGERALD R. FORD\n###\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nB\nWASHINGTON\nJune 13, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJIM CANNON\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nOn January 6, 1975, you established the Domestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens to develop, coordinate and present policy issues that cut across\nagency lines to provide better programs for dealing with the national problem\nof illegal aliens. The meetings of the Committee have revealed the current\ntotal lack of solid data on the problem and the difficulity in obtaining it. The\nCommittee is divided on its future course -- whether it should adopt a limited,\nmethodical approach which would take several years to carry out or attempt\na quicker resolution with several attendant risks. Your guidance is necessary\nto resolve this impasse.\nOPTIONS:\nThere are two competing alternatives for the Committee's future activities and\na non exclusive third option.\n1.\nLimited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years. The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalization study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illogal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\nGRAED ? FORD\n-L-\nPro - This option would permit a positive step by step approach\nwithout incurring great additional costs or creating mandates\nfor further action. It would furnish data necessary to\nestablishing the parameters of the problem and for the formulation\nof 3 logical sequence of studies lending to solutions.\nCon - It is a limited approach to the problem and would not do much\nbefore the election to solve the larger accompanying economic\nand social impact of the pressure of illegal aliens apart from\nestablishing sanctions against employment.\n2. Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\na. What are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nc. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\nPro - It would provide a large body of background data and accelerate\nyour Administration's efforts to deal with the problem.\nCon - This proposal would take time, money and the commitment of a\nfull time staff of agency personnel or consultants. The impact\nstudies could heighten tensions among Spanish speaking\ngroups and the results, particularly in the social services\narea, could produce evidence of the inordinate cost of illegal\naliens on state and local governments. This could create\npressures for Federal subsidies to ease the problem.\nGERALD FORD\n-3-\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn option, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalizing these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under 2 quota system.\nPro - Would provide the data for a \"legalistic\" solution to the problem\nby examining the feasibility of admitting more aliens as\nimmigrants and legal workers.\nCon - The study could incur the opposition of organized labor to\nwhom the \"Bracero\" program was an anathema.\nRECOMMENDATIONS\nOption 1 (Limited Step by Step Approach)\n- Levi, Buchen, Marsh\nSeidman\nOption 2 (Immediate Comprehensive Approach)\n- Dunlop, Lynn, Cannon\nOption 3 (Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws) - Levi, Buchen, Marsh,\nLynn, Cannon\nDECISION:\nOption 1\nor\nOption 2\nOption 3\nYes\nNo\nFORD is LIBRARY\nAB\nJ\nJune 30, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nHAROLD R. TYLER\nChairman\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS\nAssociate Director and Counsel\nDomestic Council\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nBACKGROUND:\nAs you may recall, we recently presented the President with a series of options\nregarding the future course of the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nThese were:\n1. A Limited Step by Step Approach:\nA limited option would be to establish a legislative strategy for the passage\nof the Rodino Bill, which establishes penalties for the employment of illegal\naliens, and determine a position on the Kennedy Bill, which would confer\nlegal status on illegals who have resided in the United States for more\nthan three years, The Committee would also monitor an Immigration and\nNaturalization study, currently awaiting Congressional appropriations\napproval, which would identify the number, location and employment\npatterns of illegals in the United States. Following completion of this\npreliminary study and building on the data it provides, a series of impact\nstudies could then be devised, if considered necessary, to examine the\neffect of illegal aliens in areas like jobs, schools, social welfare, etc.\n2. An Immediate Comprehensive Approach:\nAn alternative approach would encompass the legislative and monitoring\nactivities outlined above plus the immediate commencement of long-range\nimpact studies to examine such problems as:\nGERALD ASTURIT ? FORD\n-2-\n2.\nWhat are the cost effects of illegal aliens on social services like\nwelfare, unemployment insurance, health delivery and education?\nb. What is the cultural and social impact of illegal aliens on areas in\nin which they settle? Do they make contributions to the communities\nin which they concentrate or are they parasites?\nC. What is the effect of the illegal aliens influx on our foreign policy and\ninternational relations? (This question would be examined in concert\nwith the Secretary of State's Interagency Committee for Study of\nProblems Related to Illegal Mexican Migration into the United States.)\nd. How many and what type of jobs do the illegals take away and in what\nindustries? Can these jobs be filled by Americans and is the U.S.\nlabor force adequate and willing to work in jobs now occupied by\nillegal aliens?\n3. Review of Immigration and Work Entry Laws:\nAn cotion, not excluded by adoption of either of the proceding two,\nwould be an examination of current laws covering immigration and admission\nof aliens for employment. This study would seek to determine whether or\nnot liberalizing these laws would remove the influx of illegals and their\nimpact on the economy. It could review the policies of other countries in\nthis regard, notably Europe, and evaluate the old Federal \"Bracero\"\nemployment program, in which Mexican citizens were allowed entry for\nemployment under a quota system.\nDECISION:\nThe President chose 2 and 3. May I suggest that you call a meeting of the\ndepartment and agency representatives to the Committee to discuss effectuation\nof the President's decision. If you would designate one of your assistants as\na contact in this subject area, my assistant, Lynn May, will work with him in\nsetting up the meeting.\nFORD\nAB\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 18, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL\nFROM:\nRICHARD D. PARSONS/F. LYNN MAY\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens\nOn June 30, we forwarded to you a memorandum which outlined the President's\ndecisions regarding the future activities of the Domestic Council Committee\non Illegal Aliens. We have since consulted with other White House and OMB\nstaff members who have some jurisdiction over illegal aliens and related\nmatters. All of them agree that the present organization of the Domestic\nCouncil Committee is ill-suited to carry out the tasks approved by the\nPresident, citing the need for better direction and the coordination of\nCommittee activities.\nAccordingly, we have taken a first cut at a new organizational structure for\nthe Committee, which is presented for your consideration. Structurally, it\nentails breaking the Committee's activities into specific categories based on\nthe President's decision and assigning task forces to work on them. The\ncategories that we thought of are:\n(1) A study of the impact of illegal aliens on jobs.\n(2) A study of the impact on the social services (welfare, education,\nhealth services, unemployment insurance, etc.)\n(3) A review of existing laws on immigration and admission for\nemployment.\n(4) A examination of the law enforcement aspects related to illegal\naliens.\n(5) A examination of existing and proposed legislation affecting illegal\naliens.\nBEREAD R. FORD\n-2-\nThe people consulted in this matter advocated the temporary appointment\nof an Executive Director to the Committee to coordinate the activities of the\ntask force and the designation of key people to work on the task forces.\nExtensive government experience and initiative were stressed as prime\nqualities for these jobs.\nWe have attached a draft diagram of our concept of the Committee's organiza-\ntional structure with some of the participatory agencies to serve on the\ntask forces. We'd appreciate your comments on this.\nFORD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 8, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Cannon\nItem\nFROM:\nDick Parsons\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nThis memorandum responds to your request for an update on where\nwe are on the illegal aliens problem.\nBACKGROUND\nThe President established the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens on January 6, 1975, to develop, coordinate and present to\nhim policy issues dealing with the problem of illegal aliens (See\nTab A). Although the Attorney General was designated to serve as\nChairman of the Committee, the first few meetings were chaired by\nDeputy Attorney General Silberman early last Spring. Little of\nsubstance was accomplished at these meetings, apart from determin-\ning that there was no good data on the scope of the problem.\nSilberman's departure from the Department of Justice resulted in a\nloss of leadership on the Committee.\nMin June, you submitted an options paper to the President requesting\nguidance on the direction and level of resources to be employed in\nanalysis of the illegal aliens problem (See Tab B). Based on the\ncountry whose\nPresident's decision to pursue a major comprehensive effort, I wrote\nto Deputy Attorney General Tyler (Silberman's successor), informing\nhim of the President's decision (See Tab C) and suggesting a new\norganizational structure for the Committee (See Tab D).\nCURRENT STATUS\nPartially as a result of the early findings of the Committee, the\nImmigration and Naturalization Service formulated a study proposal\nwhich would enable it to determine the distribution, characteristics,\nOMB\nnumber, flow and impact of illegal aliens in this country. This\nstudy is currently awaiting Congressional appropriations.\nof?\nAs a result of the President's June decision and our follow-up\ncorrespondence, I am advised that the Attorney General intends to\npersonally assume chairmanship of the Committee and to create a\nfull-time staff capacity within the Department of Justice. He is\npreparing a memorandum to you detailing his plans in this regard.\nPat - hit's Put This into computer\nFORD\nRequested\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 23, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Cannon\nFROM:\nDick Parsons D.\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nYou recently inquired about which Congressional Committees\nhad oversight responsibility on the Illegal Aliens issue.\nThey are:\nThe Immigration and Naturalization Subcommittee of\nthe Senate Judiciary Committee (Sen. James Eastland,\nChairman; Sen. Hiram Fong, Ranking Minority Member) ;\nand\nThe Immigration, Citizenship and International Law\nSubcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary\n(Rep. Joshua Eilberg, Chairman; Rep. Hamilton Fish,\nRanking Minority Member)\ndi\nyou about talk\nHam\nwith\nMohlem\nThe Thanks Jun\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 16, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR :\nWARREN HENDRIKS\nFROM :\nPAT MCKEE\nSUBJECT :\nIllegal Aliens\nWould you please add to the tracking system, the\nAttorney General's responsibilities of Chairing\nthe Committee on Illegal Aliens, and the fact that\nhe will be reporting via memorandum to Mr. Cannon\ndetailing his plans?\nThanks.\nAttachment\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 8, 1975\nTorking\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Cannon\nItem\nFROM:\nDick Parsons\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nFORD LIBRARY\nThis memorandum responds to your request for an update on where\nwe are on the illegal aliens problem.\nBACKGROUND\nThe President established the Domestic Council Committee on Illegal\nAliens on January 6, 1975, to develop, coordinate and present to\nhim policy issues dealing with the problem of illegal aliens (See\nTab A). Although the Attorney General was designated to serve as\nChairman of the Committee, the first few meetings were chaired by\nDeputy Attorney General Silberman early last Spring. Little of\nsubstance was accomplished at these meetings, apart from determin-\ning that there was no good data on the scope of the problem.\nSilberman's departure from the Department of Justice resulted in a\nloss of leadership on the Committee.\nJune, you submitted an options paper to the President requesting\nPasa coutty wross\nguidance on the direction and level of resources to be employed in\nanalysis of the illegal aliens problem (See Tab B). Based on the\nPresident's decision to pursue a major comprehensive effort, I wrote\nto Deputy Attorney General Tyler (Silberman's successor), informing\nhim of the President's decision (See Tab C) and suggesting a new\norganizational structure for the Committee (See Tab D).\nCURRENT STATUS\nPartially as a result of the early findings of the Committee, the\nImmigration and Naturalization Service formulated a study proposal\nwhich would enable it to determine the distribution, characteristics,\nOmB,\nnumber, flow and impact of illegal aliens in this country. This\nstudy is currently awaiting Congressional appropriations.\nok?\nAs a result of the President's June decision and our follow-up\ncorrespondence, I am advised that the Attorney General intends to\npersonally assume chairmanship of the Committee and to create a\nfull-time staff capacity within the Department of Justice. He is\npreparing a memorandum to you detailing his plans in this regard.\nPat - hit's Put This into computer\n317\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 23, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR: Jim Cannon\nFROM:\nDick Parsons\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nYou recently inquired about which Congressional Committees\nhad oversight responsibility on the Illegal Aliens issue.\nThey are:\nThe Immigration and Naturalization Subcommittee of\nthe Senate Judiciary Committee (Sen. James Eastland,\nChairman; Sen. Hiram Fong, Ranking Minority Member) ;\nand\nThe Immigration, Citizenship and International Law\nSubcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary\n(Rep. Joshua Eilberg, Chairman; Rep. Hamilton Fish,\nRanking Minority Member)\n7711\nParsons Fyl\nSeptember 27, 1975\nDear James:\nYour views on \"illegal aliens\" have been widely\ndisseminated for consideration within the\nAdministration.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nThe Most Reverend James S. Rausch\nGeneral Secretary\nUnited States Catholic Conference\n1312 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.\nWashington, D.C. 20005\nTCM:pft\nCC: Atty. General (thru Phil Buchen) - FYI\nCC: Demestic Council - FYI\n>\nGERRLD LEVERIT FORD\nCC: Secretary, HEW - FYI\nCC: Hudley Chapman - (INS)\nSTATES\nUNITED\nCATHOLIC\n1312 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W.\nWASHINGTON. D.C. 20005\nMost Reverend Joseph L Bernardin, Archbishop of Cincinnati\nCONFERENCE\nPresident\nMOST REV. JAMES S. RAUSCH\nGeneral Secretary\nREV. ROBERT V. MONTICELLO\nAssociate General Secretary\nREV. MICHAEL J. SHEEHAN\nAssistant General Secretary\nSeptember 2, 1975\nThe Honorable Theodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant - Human Resources\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Ted:\nFor your information, I am sending you the attached\ncopy of a letter I have just written to President Ford\non legislation dealing with \"illegal aliens.\" As you\nknow, the United States Catholic Conference is greatly\nconcerned about the government's policy in this regard.\nAnything you can do to insure careful consideration of\nour views by appropriate officials within the Administra-\ntion would be greatly appreciated.\nSincerely yours,\nJames S. Rausch\nMost Reverend James S. Rausch\nGeneral Secretary\nEnclosure\nJSR/jc\nSTATES\nUNITED\nCATHOLIC\n1312 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W.\nWASHINGTON. D.C. 20005\nMost Reverend Joseph L. Bernardin, Archbishop of Cincinnati\nCONFERENCE\nPresident\nMOST REV. AMES S. RAUSCH\nGeneral Secretary\nREV. ROBERT V. MONTICELLO\nAssociate General Secretary\nREV. MICHAEL J. SHEEHAN\nAssistant Ceneral Secretary\nSeptember 2, 1975\nThe President\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nMr. President:\nI am writing you about a matter of great concern to\nthe Catholic bishops of the United States. At the meeting\nof June 18, 1975, between members of the Executive Committee\nof the United States Catholic Conference and yourself, we\nexpressed our views about the \"illegal alien problem\" in\nthe United States. At that time our position was that we\nsupported legislation which would grant meaningful amnesty\nto those aliens who had been residing in this country for\nsometime and in particular to those who had established\nfamilies here. We also stressed our opposition to any\npunitive measures by the Federal government against these\npersons.\nIn late July, just before the beginning of the summer\nrecess of Congress, the Committee on the Judiciary of the\nU.S. House of Representatives voted to report out a bill\n(H.R.8713) dealing with \"illegal aliens.\"\nDuring consideration of this legislation by both the\nSubcommittee and the full Judiciary Committee, the U.S.C.C.\nexpressed strong reservation about several of its provisions\nand, in the testimony presented on March 13, 1975, recommend-\ned a number of changes. None of the changes which were sug-\ngested have been incorporated in the final version of the\nbill approved by the Judiciary Committee. Therefore, it is\nour judgment that H.R.8713 still remains SO seriously de-\nfective that it should be opposed in its entirety.\nIt is our judgment that this legislation has been de-\nveloped in the context of totally inadequate information on\nthe part of either the Legislative or Administrative branches\nof the government. The government really does not know how\nThe President\nPage two\nSeptember 2, 1975\nmany so-called illegal aliens are in the United States and\nit can only guess at the impact they are having on the\neconomy.\nIf enacted in this form, this legislation will create\na serious civil rights problem by greatly enhancing the\npossibility of job discrimination against minority group\npersons. By providing sanctions against any employers who\nhire an illegal alien, it is creating a situation which\nassuredly will lead to discrimination against any person\nbelonging to a minority group whose legal status might be\ncalled into question.\nFurthermore, this legislation would result in inhumane\nand immoral treatment of large numbers of very poor people\nwho have been residing in this country for a number of\nyears, many of whom have established families here. We con-\nsider it unconscionable that our government should even con-\nsider separating families by forcing a mass exodus or de-\nportation of millions of men, women, and children.\nOn August 20, I issued a statement concerning this leg-\nislation, on behalf of the U.S. Catholic Conference. I am\nenclosing a copy of this statement for your information.\nI am writing both to keep you informed of our views\nand to request that your Administration join us in opposing\npassage of H.R. 8713.\nSincerely yours,\n+ fames S. Rousch\nMost Reverend James S. Rausch\nGeneral Secretary\nEnclosure\nJSR/jc\nUnited States Catholic Conference\nAugust 20, 1975\nStatement on\n\"Illegal Alien\" Legislation\nOn a number of occasions during the past several\nyears the Bishops of the United States have spoken out\nabout the need for a humane and just approach in our\ngovernment's policies established to solve current national\nand international economic problems. We have spoken for\nthe need of balancing the normal consumers' demand in the\nmarket place with the special needs of the working class,\nthe poor, and the elderly, especially in regard to the costs\nof food and fuel. We have emphasized the need for a radical\nchange in the consumptive habits of the more advanced\nsocieties in order to insure a just distribution of the\nworld's goods to the less fortunate both at home and abroad.\nWe have tried to focus attention on the interdependent nature\nof the world community of nations and the moral obligation\nof the United States and other developed and wealthy soci-\neties to share more of the wealth which they have managed\nto accumulate and control.\nOnce again we feel compelled to speak out on these\nmatters because of a very dangerous direction in which the\nCongress of the United States is moving in dealing with one\nvery important aspect of our troubled economy. Soon after\nthe summer recess, the Committee on the Judiciary will bring\nbefore the United States House of Representatives a bill\nwhich will, in effect, attempt to provide a \"scapegoat\"\nsolution to our economic problems. The Judiciary Committee\nwill propose that Congress pass an \"Illegal Alien Bill\"\n(H.R. 8713) which will supposedly help us out of our\neconomic morass.\nAlthough there is little available in terms of support-\ning facts, advocates of this legislation claim that literally\nmillions of illegal aliens have come into our country in\nrecent years. It is further alleged that these people are\ntaking a significant number of jobs that would otherwise be\navailable for citizens or lawful resident aliens; that they\nare adding to the tax load by utilizing health, education, and\nsocial services; and, that they are causing a drain on our\nmonetary resources by sending a good deal of the money they\nearn out of the U.S. to support their families at home.\n(over)\nThe stated purpose of this legislation is to stop the\ninflux of illegal aliens into our country by cutting off the\neconomic incentives that attract them here in the first place.\nThis is to be accomplished by making it illegal for any\nemployer to hire or to continue to employ any alien who has\nnot been properly certified by the government to be eligible\nfor employment. In essence, the government will be requiring\nthe employers of this nation to enforce the immigration laws\nwhich it failed to enforce in the past either as a matter of\npolicy or incompetence.\nIn our opinion, this legislation is objectionable from\nseveral points of view. In the first place, neither Congress\nnor the Administration has demonstrated that they have\nadequate information on the scope of the illegal alien problem\nor of the possible effects of this new legislation on lawful\nalien residents and citizens. They have no idea how many\nillegal aliens are really in the country. Their estimates\nrange from 2 to 12 million. They really do not know whether\nthe illegals who are here are holding jobs which either citizens\nor lawful residents would be willing to accept. They can only\nguess at the additional costs being created by the alleged\nincreased need for public services or the alleged amount of\nmoney being sent out of the country by illegals.\nThat the Federal government's information about illegal\naliens is inadequate is best verified by the fact that in\nboth fiscal years 1975 and 1976, the Immigration and Natura-\nlization Service has sought special appropriations of $1 million\nfrom Congress to conduct a study of the problem. In a document\nsubmitted to Congress justifying the need for this study it\nis stated:\n\"Without knowing the actual scope of the problem, it\nis not possible to attack it effectively. It is,\ntherefore, mandatory that I.&N.S. assess the illegal\nalien situation to determine not only the magnitude,\nbut also the characteristics, mode, and locations of\nentry, area of residence, and extent of impact of the\nillegal alien population.\"\nIn addition, President Ford recently appointed a special\nCabinet Committee to study the matter. There seems to be\nlittle doubt that the government itself recognizes its lack\nof basic information. Therefore, neither the Congress nor the\nAdministration should initiate major new policies in regard\nto illegal aliens prior to conducting comprehensive and ob-\njective studies of this matter.\n- 3 -\nAssuming that the problem is of such magnitude as to\njustify some sort of legislative remedy of this nature, the\nlegislation proposed by the House Judiciary Committee is\nseriously defective to the point of being completely unde-\nsirable. In attempting to solve an economic problem this\nproposal will create a civil rights problem of horrendous\nmagnitude.\nBy providing sanctions against any employer who hires\nan illegal alien, this legislation would create a situation\nthat assuredly will lead to discrimination against any person\nbelonging to a minority group whose legal status might be\ncalled into question. Legal aliens and minority group\ncitizens will be denied employment simply because employers\nwill not want to run the risk of inadvertently violating\nthe law.\nOn the request of Congressman Don Edwards (D.-Calif.),\nChairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights and\nConstitutional Rights, the United States Commission on Civil\nRights, through its Staff Director, submitted comments on this\nproposed legislation on July 28, 1975. The following excerpts\nfrom these comments summarize the Commission's point of view:\n\"It is our view that the passage of H.R. 8713 in its\npresent form will have a direct discriminatory effect\non minority persons seeking employment, whether they\nare citizens or aliens authorized to work in the\nUnited States.\"\n\"Secondly, even if employers were to request the same\nproof of status from all applicants, the difficulties\nin making determinations of citizenship or alien status\nwill inevitably result in employers hiring less minority\napplicants in order to minimize the risk of hiring illegal\naliens. Minority citizens as well as minority legal\naliens will be the victims of discriminatory hiring.\"\n\"However, attempts to solve this country's serious\neconomic problems cannot be made at the expense of\nthe civil and constitutional rights of minority persons.\nThe Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund\nalso submitted comments on July 23, 1975, in a similar vein\nto Congressman Edwards. Their position can be summarized by\nthe following quotation from those comments:\n(over)\n- 4 -\n\"Specifically, the illegal alien bill has provisions\nwhich when implemented will inevitably result in certain\ngroups being treated differently solely on the basis that\nmembers of these groups look 'foreign'\nOn June 18, 1975, an important meeting took place at\nthe White House between the members of the Executive Committee\nof the U.S. Catholic Conference/National Conference of Catholic\nBishops and the President of the United States.\nThis delegation, headed by Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin,\nPresident, USCC/NCCB, discussed with President Ford a number\nof public policy issues of pressing concern to the Catholic\nBishops of the United States. An issue of major import con-\ncerned the matter of the illegal alien problem. At this meeting,\nthe Bishops stressed their support for legislation which would\ngrant a meaningful amnesty to these people and opposed any\npunitive measures by the government against the aliens.\nOn March 13, 1975, Msgr. George Higgins, Secretary for\nResearch, presented the testimony of the U.S.C.C. on this\nmatter before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration,\nCitizenship, and International Law. In this testimony, the\nU.S.C.C. focused much of its attention on the most serious\nproblem with this legislation, that is, how to humanely handle\nthose aliens without legal status who already are and have been\nresiding in this country for sometime. We have been particu-\nlarly concerned with the effects of this legislation on those\nwho have established families here and have become integrated\ninto our society. They are generally very poor people living\na marginal existence. In our testimony, Msgr. Higgins stated:\n\"The effect of the present wording\nwould be\na screening by the employer of all the employees within\nninety days after the law was enacted. The dismissal\nof untold numbers of workers from their jobs in such a\nshort period of time would cause unbelievable havoc among\ntheir families and in the communities where they live.\nIt would be physically impossible for the Immigration\nService to move such large numbers of people. Moreover,\nit is unconscionable that our government should even\nconsider separating families by forcing a mass exodus\nor deportation of literally millions of men, women, and\nchildren.\"\n- 5 -\nOur basic position is that the Federal government should\ndeal with the problem of the future influx of illegal aliens\nseparately from the problem of those already residing in this\ncountry. Those who are already here are here because the\ngovernment has been both unwilling and unable to enforce its\nown immigration laws. Most of these people have established\nfamilies, part of whom are American citizens with all of the\nrights of citizenship.\nTo cut these families off from their meager economic\nsustenance and to force upon them the great hardship of\nemigrating or to attempt some sort of mass deportation effort\nwould be both inhumane and immoral. For a nation which for\ntwo hundred years has been a symbol of hope for the oppressed\nand the poor of all nations of the world, such an action\nwould be unthinkable.\nThere is only one just and humane solution to this important\naspect of the problem which would be consistent with the\ntradition and ideals of a country which has been known as the\n\"nation of immigrants\" that is, to once again show our generosity\nby allowing these people to become legal residents. Consequently,\nwe have advocated that a meaningful amnesty provision be\nincorporated into this legislation. Such a provision would.\nallow people who have already been in the country for a period\nof time, particularly those who have family ties here, to\nadjust their status. This must be done without penalizing\nthose who are waiting to come into the country through normal\nimmigration channels. The number of those adjusted in this\nmanner must not be charged against existing immigration quotas.\nThe bill (H.R. 8713) as it is presently written has a\nso-called \"amnesty provision.\" Close analysis of the provision\nhas shown that it will benefit relatively few people at best.\nWe consider this provision as little more than lip service to\nthe concept of amnesty and therefore judge it to be completely\ninadequate.\nIn conclusion, we call upon the Congress and the President\nto reject the proposed \"Illegal Alien Bill\" (H.R. 8713) as\nunjust and discriminatory.\nOCT 15 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CAVANAUGH\nTHROUGH:\nDICK PARSONS\nFROM:\nLYNN MAY\nLynn\nSUBJECT:\nUpdate on Illegal Aliens\nCannon's report to the President might be as follows:\nThe Attorney General has agreed to serve as Chairman of the\nDomestic Council Committee on Illegal Aliens and will meet shortly\nwith Secretary Dunlop to discuss the appropriate course of activity\nfor the Committee. Members of the Domestic Council have held\na preliminary meeting with Justice Department personnel to establish\na new organizational structure and an agenda for the next meeting\nof the Committee, tentatively scheduled for next month.\nSeptember 8, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJim Cannon\nFROM:\nDick Parsons\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nThis memorandum responds to your request for an update on where\nwe are on the illegal aliens problem.\nBACKGROUND\nThe President established the Domestic Council Committee on Illeg.\nAliens on January 6, 1975, to develop, coordinate and present to\nhim policy issues dealing with the problem of illegal aliens (See\nTab A) - Although the Attorney General was designated to serve as\nChairman of the Committee, the first few meetings were chaired by\nDeputy Attorney General Silberman early last Spring- Little of\nsubstance was accomplished at these meetings, apart from determin\ning that there was no good data on the scope of the problem.\nSilberman's departure from the Department of Justice resulted in\nloss of leadership on the Committee.\nIn June, you submitted an options paper to the President requesti\nguidance on the direction and level of resources to be employed i\nanalysis of the illegal aliens problem (See Tab B). Based on the\nPresident's decision to pursue a major comprehensive effort, I WI\nto Deputy Attorney General Tyler (Silberman's successor), informi\nhim of the President's decision (See Tab C) and suggesting a new\norganizational structure for the Committee (See Tab D) -\nCURRENT STATUS\nPartially as a result of the early findings of the Committee, th\nImmigration and Naturalization Service formulated a study propos\nwhich would enable it to determine the distribution, characteris\nnumber, flow and impact of illegal aliens in this country. This\nstudy is currently awaiting Congressional appropriations.\nAs a result of the President's June decision and our follow-up\ncorrespondence, I am advised that the Attorney General intends t\npersonally assume chairmanship of the Committee and to create a\nfull-time staff capacity within the Department of Justice. He i\npreparing a memorandum to you detailing his plans in this regard\nGERALD FORD\nOctober 23, 1975\nLynn,\nJim Kingzett, Legislative Assistant\nto Senator Bob Packwood, called to\ninquire if he might have an update\non the Committee on Illegal Aliens.\nCan you prepare something for him?\nKingzett would also like to have the\nname of your contact in the Depart-\nment of Justice who is coordinating\nthe work of the committee.\nKingzett's number if 224-5244.\nDick\nFORD is LIGRARY 076830\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 19, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR\nJIM CAVANAUGH\nFROM:\nRAY WALDMANN\nthey\nSUBJECT:\nIllegal Aliens\nAt todays OMB Directors Review on the Justice Department, the\nquestion of the activities of the Immigration and Naturalization Service\nin dealing with the border crossings, particularly Mexicans, was\ndiscussed. Results to date of INS activities are unsatisfactory. Jim\nLynn suggested that a Domestic Council Task Force be established to\nreview this problem, develop solutions in addition to continuing\nAdministration support for the Rodino Bill. It was mentioned by OMB\nstaff that several efforts along this line had been mounted in the\npast including a Domestic Council Group established last spring which\n\"came to nothing, as most of these groups do. 11\nJim Lynn specifically asked that I pass on to you his request that\nthis group be reactivated or a new group set up, not to achieve anything\nby the time of the State of the Union, but to come up with workable\nprogram solutions after \"a years hard work.\"\ncc: Dick Parsons\n;\nOFFICE PRESIDENT SIVIS )) a UNITED\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\no\n12/5\nTO :\nDick Parsons\nFROM: Calvin Associate J. Collier Director for C\nEconomics and Government\nI am sure that this will be of\ninterest to you.\nAttachment\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nUNITED\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\n18\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nDecember 3, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR CALVIN COLLIER\nSubject: Study of Illegal Aliens\nYou may recall the Immigration and Naturalization Service received\n$1 million in FY 1976 to study the size, characteristics, and impact\nof the illegal alien population in the United States. Prior to\napportioning 1976 funds, we asked INS for a report on how they\nintend to proceed with the study. The INS report is attached\nfor your review.\nIf you perceive problems with the study design, this is the time\nto register them, though you will see that some components of the\nstudy are already underway. For our part, we believe the study will\nfocus on the important illegal alien issues, though we do note that\nat least a part of the $200 thousand devoted to operations research\nwill be used to develop methods for dealing with the problem rather\nthan to measure its characteristics and magnitude.\nComments on the study design will be appreciated. We will need any\ncomments or suggestions by December 10.\nMike Co\nMalcolm E. Arnold\nBudget Examiner\nOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10\nJULY 1973 EDITION\nGSA FPMR (41 CFRI 101.11.6\nUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT\nMemorandum\nCO 1285-P\nTO\n: James F. Hoobler, Director\nDATE:\nManagement Programs and Budget Staff\nNOV 18 1975\nAssociate Deputy Commissioner\nFROM :\nfor Planning and Evaluation\nImmigration and Naturalization Service\nSUBJECT: Report on I&NS Plans for Illegal Alien Study\nThere are currently unknown numbers of illegal aliens in the United\nStates impacting the health, education, welfare, labor, criminal justice,\nand other socio-economic systems. The Immigration and Naturalization\nService has been under considerable pressure to determine the magnitude\nand real impact of the illegal alien population on the United States,\nbut heretofore there has been no reliable method to assess this major\nproblem. Available data has been based purely on apprehension data or\nsingle \"horror story\" cases which may typify the problem, but this\ninformation alone has given us no integrated information as to the\nreal scope of the illegal alien population. Because of this major need,\n$1 million was requested in our FY 1976 Budget to enable I&NS to under-\ntake a major study to determine the size, characteristics, and impact\nof the illegal alien problem.\nBecause of the significant amount of the funds allocated for the Study,\nconsiderable precaution has been taken to ensure that the Study done\nwith these funds will ensure the maximum and optimum results to assist\nthe Service in policy and resource planning and evaluation and to inform\nother Federal and State agencies of the preliminary impacts of illegal\naliens on their various systems.\nUnder a contract awarded by LEAA, David North of Linton and Company\ndesigned a major study to determine the magnitude, characteristics, and\nimpact of the illegal alien population on the United States. The\nformulation of this design was coordinated with I&NS at all stages,\nincluding review by key Service personnel to ensure the accuracy and\npracticability of the design. The final design was completed in late May.\nAs a further precaution, Lesko Associates evaluated and validated the\ndesign as a part of a contract to give a preliminary estimate of the\nnumber of illegal aliens in the United States and to give the staff in\nthe Office of Planning and Evaluation ongoing statistical analysis capability.\nThis evaluation made some minor modifications in the design to ensure\ncomplete statistical validity and reliability.\nBuy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan\n5010-110\n- 2 -\nThe study as designed consists of seven specific but interrelated studies.\nThese studies and their expected end products are:\nSpecific Study\nEnd Product\n1.\nResidential Survey\nData on stock of illegals (numbers,\ncharacteristics, and distribution\nwithin the U.S.)\n2.\nBorder Patrol Staffing\nData on flows of those entering\nPattern Experiment\nwithout inspection across the\nSouthwest border\n3.\nBorder Patrol Sensor\nData on flows of those entering\nReporting Experiment\nwithout inspection across the\nSouthwest border\n4.\nFraudulent Documentation\nData on flows of those entering the\nStudy (air and land ports)\ncountry with fraudulent documentation\nat air and land ports of entry\n5.\nCharacteristics Study\nData on the detailed characteristics\nof illegal aliens\n6.\nIndustrial Survey\nData on impacts of illegal aliens on\nthe labor market and their characteristics\n7.\nImpact of Illegals on\nData on impacts of illegal aliens on\nLegal Aliens\nlegal aliens and related minority\ngroups\nEach study will provide data on flows, stock, characteristics or impacts\nof the illegal alien population. The attached chart shows the relation-\nships among the studies and how they relate to the four types of information\nto be obtained from the Study as a whole. The Fraudulent Document Study\nand the Border Patrol Sensor Reporting and Staffing Experiments will pre-\ndominately give information on the flow of illegal aliens into the United\nStates. Both the Residential and the Industrial Surveys will provide\ninformation on the stock, characteristics, and impact of illegal aliens,\nwhile the Characteristics Study is aimed primarily at characteristics data.\nFinally, the Impact of Illegal Aliens on Legals and Related Minority\nGroups will provide largely impact data.\n- 3 -\nAlthough each of the seven studies carries/can be repeated later, each\nstudy is designed primarily to secure data within the next twelve months\non the subject of illegal aliens. Each study contains, to a varying\ndegree, a system for securing comparable information in the future without\nrepeating the entire study.\nFour of the seven parts involve utilization of Service manpower along an\nexperimental design. Three of these studies, the Border Patrol Staffing\nPattern Experiment, the Border Patrol Sensor Reporting Experiment, and\nthe Fraudulent Document Study, have already been initiated because of the\nlong-term nature of these parts of the study. The fourth, the Industrial\nSurvey will be started early in CY 1976. The following chart shows the\nestimated cost and timing for each of the studies.\nStudy\nEstimated Cost\nEstimated Timing\nBorder Patrol Staffing\nSeptember, 1975 - June, 1976\nBorder Patrol Sensor\n$100,000\nSeptember, 1975 - June, 1976\nFraudulent Document\nSeptember, 1975 - February, 1976\nIndustrial\nJanuary, 1976 - March, 1976\nResidential\n$650,000\nJanuary, 1976 - March, 1976\nCharacteristics\nJanuary, 1976 - March, 1976\nImpact of Illegals on\n$50,000\nJanuary, 1976 - June, 1976\nLegals\nRelated Studies (including $200,000\nJanuary, 1976 - June, 1976\nOperations Research)\nAs shown in the chart, $200,000 has been allocated for a number of impact and\noperations research studies which will be conducted throughout the year.\nThese studies will include determination of preliminary impacts of illegal\naliens on some of the socio-economic systems of the United States and\noperations research analyses of I&NS enforcement programs.\nThese operations research studies will experiment with various tactics for\nimproved border prevention. Examples of such studies are examination of\nsensor response capability through strike forces to respond 100 percent\nto alarms (perhaps with the assistance of one or two helicopters). or a\ncost-benefit study of fully manning the Chula Vista Station and eliminating\nstations with very small numbers of apprehensions.\n- 4 -\nOther such studies will combine several enforcement efforts (i.e.,\nfingerprinting with interior repatriation, while others might combine\nsensor technology such as simulation under 100 percent directional sensors\nwith traffic check points (where in existence) to find the most cost-\neffective method or methods of border enforcement. These studies will\nprovide information on variance of flows, deterrence factors and most\nimportantly on possible management improvements for an effective border\nprevention program. Testing alternative methods and their results will\nbe essential knowledge for future policy and program change.\nAt the conclusion of all parts of the Study, with the assistance of the\ndirection gained from the operations research studies, I&NS will be in a\nposition to make more sound decisions about program and policy alternatives\nand to allocate its resources more effectively.\nEdum Janes\nILLEGAL ALIEN STUDY\nRELATIONSHIP OF SEVEN STUDIES\nRESIDENTIAL SURVEY\nIMPACT OF ILLEGALS\nFRAUDULENT DOCUMENT STUDY\nON LEGALS AND\n(LANDPORT AND AIRPORT)\nRELATED MINOBITY GROUPS\nFLOWS\nSTOCK\nCHARACTERISTICS\nIMPACT\nBORDER PATROL SENSOR\nCHARACTERISTICS\nEXPERIMENT\nSTUDY\nBORDER PATROL STAFFING\nEXPERIMENT\nINDUSTRIAL SURVEY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 9, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR DICK PARSONS\nFROM:\nLYNN MAY hmq\nSUBJECT:\nINS Study\nThis study is the linchpin to our efforts to understand and\nresolve the illegal aliens problem. Theoretically it will\ngive us a much better understanding of their numbers,\nlocations and impact on our economy.\nI am a little concerned about the study's aspirations exceeding\nits results, but not being familar with polling method\nologies makes me a poor critic. I have not been able to\nascertain any major flaws in the study in my conversation\nwith OMB, INS or the Labor Department. If the samples are\ntrue, it apparently will achieve what it purports.\nFORD : LIBRAR 07V830\n12-10-75 4:45 P.M. Telephoned. No problem with study design\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nLynn-\nMay I I have your\nComments & recommendations\nby Tues. / Dec. 9 th\nThanks.\nFORD is LIBRAR 07V830\nj\nMTM\nPRESIDENT\nOFFICE\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nand\nUNITED\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nRECEIVE\nSTATE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nDecember 3, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR MR. PARSONS\nSubject: Study of Illegal Aliens\nYou may recall the Immigration and Naturalization Service received\n$1 million in FY 1976 to study the size, characteristics, and impact\nof the illegal alien population in the United States. Prior to\napportioning 1976 funds, we asked INS for a report on how they\nintend to proceed with the study. The INS report is attached\nfor your review.\nIf you perceive problems with the study design, this is the time\nto register them, though you will see that some components of the\nstudy are already underway. For our part, we believe the study will\nfocus on the important illegal alien issues, though we do note that\nat least a part of the $200 thousand devoted to operations research\nwill be used to develop methods for dealing with the problem rather\nthan to measure its characteristics and magnitude.\nComments on the study design will be appreciated. We will need any\ncomments or suggestions by December 10.\nMalcolm E. Arnold\nBudget Examiner\nOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10\nJLLY 1973 FUITION\nGSA FPMR 141 CFR) 101-11.6\nUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT\nMemorandum\nCO 1285-P\nTO\n: James F. Hoobler, Director\nDATE:\nManagement Programs and Budget Staff\nNOV 18 1975\nAssociate Deputy Commissioner\nFROM :\nfor Planning and Evaluation\nImmigration and Naturalization Service\nSUBJECT: Report on I&NS Plans for Illegal Alien Study\nThere are currently unknown numbers of illegal aliens in the United\nStates impacting the health, education, welfare, labor, criminal justice,\nand other socio-economic systems. The Immigration and Naturalization\nService has been under considerable pressure to determine the magnitude\nand real impact of the illegal alien population on the United States,\nbut heretofore there has been no reliable method to assess this major\nproblem. Available data has been based purely on apprehension data or\nsingle \"horror story\" cases which may typify the problem, but this\ninformation alone has given us no integrated information as to the\nreal scope of the illegal alien population. Because of this major need,\n$1 million was requested in our FY 1976 Budget to enable I&NS to under-\ntake a major study to determine the size, characteristics, and impact\nof the illegal alien problem.\nBecause of the significant amount of the funds allocated for the Study,\nconsiderable precaution has been taken to ensure that the Study done\nwith these funds will ensure the maximum and optimum results to assist\nthe Service in policy and resource planning and evaluation and to inform\nother Federal and State agencies of the preliminary impacts of illegal\naliens on their various systems.\nUnder a contract awarded by LEAA, David North of Linton and Company\ndesigned a major study to determine the magnitude, characteristics, and\nimpact of the illegal alien population on the United States. The\nformulation of this design was coordinated with I&NS at all stages,\nincluding review by key Service personnel to ensure the accuracy and\npracticability of the design. The final design was completed in late May.\nAs a further precaution, Lesko Associates evaluated and validated the\ndesign as a part of a contract to give a preliminary estimate of the\nnumber of illegal aliens in the United States and to give the staff in\nthe Office of Planning and Evaluation ongoing statistical analysis capability.\nThis evaluation made some minor modifications in the design to ensure\ncomplete statistical validity and reliability.\nBERALD ? FORD\nBuy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan\n$010.110\n- 2 -\nThe study as designed consists of seven specific but interrelated studies.\nThese studies and their expected end products are:\nSpecific Study\nEnd Product\n1. Residential Survey\nData on stock of illegals (numbers,\ncharacteristics, and distribution\nwithin the U.S.)\n2. Border Patrol Staffing\nData on flows of those entering\nPattern Experiment\nwithout inspection across the\nSouthwest border\n3. Border Patrol Sensor\nData on flows of those entering\nReporting Experiment\nwithout inspection across the\nSouthwest border\n4.\nFraudulent Documentation\nData on flows of those entering the\nStudy (air and land ports)\ncountry with fraudulent documentation\nat air and land ports of entry\n5. Characteristics Study\nData on the detailed characteristics\nof illegal aliens\n6. Industrial Survey\nData on impacts of illegal aliens on\nthe labor market and their characteristics\n7. Impact of Illegals on\nData on impacts of illegal aliens on\nLegal Aliens\nlegal aliens and related minority\ngroups\nEach study will provide data on flows, stock, characteristics or impacts\nof the illegal alien population. The attached chart shows the relation-\nships among the studies and how they relate to the four types of information\nto be obtained from the Study as a whole. The Fraudulent Document Study\nand the Border Patrol Sensor Reporting and Staffing Experiments will pre-\ndominately give information on the flow of illegal aliens into the United\nStates. Both the Residential and the Industrial Surveys will provide\ninformation on the stock, characteristics, and impact of illegal aliens,\nwhile the Characteristics Study is aimed primarily at characteristics data.\nFinally, the Impact of Illegal Aliens on Legals and Related linority\nGroups will provide largely impact data.\nLIBRARY GERALD FORD\n- 3 -\nAlthough each of the seven studies carries/can be repeated later, each\nstudy is designed primarily to secure data within the next twelve months\non the subject of illegal aliens. Each study contains, to a varying\ndegree, a system for securing comparable information in the future without\nrepeating the entire study.\nFour of the seven parts involve utilization of Service manpower along an\nexperimental design. Three of these studies, the Border Patrol Staffing\nPattern Experiment, the Border Patrol Sensor Reporting Experiment, and\nthe Fraudulent Document Study, have already been initiated because of the\nlong-term nature of these parts of the study. The fourth, the Industrial\nSurvey will be started early in CY 1976. The following chart shows the\nestimated cost and timing for each of the studies.\nStudy\nEstimated Cost\nEstimated Timing\nBorder Patrol Staffing\nSeptember, 1975 - June, 1976\nBorder Patrol Sensor\n$100,000\nSeptember, 1975 - June, 1976\nFraudulent Document\nSeptember, 1975 - February, 1976\nIndustrial\nJanuary, 1976 - March, 1976\nResidential\n$650,000\nJanuary, 1976 March, 1976\nCharacteristics\nJanuary, 1976 March, 1976\nImpact of Illegals on\n$50,000\nJanuary, 1976 June, 1976\nLegals\nRelated Studies (including\n$200,000\nJanuary, 1976 June, 1976\nOperations Research)\nAs shown in the chart, $200,000 has been allocated for a number of impact and\noperations research studies which will be conducted throughout the year.\nThese studies will include determination of preliminary impacts of illegal\naliens on some of the socio-economic systems of the United States and\noperations research analyses of I&NS enforcement programs.\nThese operations research studies will experiment with various tactics for\nimproved border prevention. Examples of such studies are examination of\nsensor response capability through strike forces to respond 100 percent\nto alarms (perhaps with the assistance of one or two helicopters). or a\ncost-benefit study of fully manning the Chula Vista Station and eliminating\nstations with very small numbers of apprehensions.\nGERALD ? FORD\n- 4 -\nOther such studies will combine several enforcement efforts (i.e.,\nfingerprinting with interior repatriation, while others might combine\nsensor technology such as simulation under 100 percent directional sensors\nwith traffic check points (where in existence) to find the most cost-\neffective method or methods of border enforcement. These studies will\nprovide information on variance of flows, deterrence factors and most\nimportantly on possible management improvements for an effective border\nprevention program. Testing alternative methods and their results will\nbe essential knowledge for future policy and program change.\nAt the conclusion of all parts of the Study, with the assistance of the\ndirection gained from the operations research studies, I&NS will be in a\nposition to make more sound decisions about program and policy alternatives\nand to allocate its resources more effectively.\nFORD OTHER LIBRARY\nILLEGAL ALIEN STUDY\nRELATIONSHIP OF SEVEN STUDIES\n2\nRESIDENTIAL SURVEY\nIMPACT OF ILLEGALS\nFRAUDULENT DOCUMENT STUDY\nON LEGALS AND\n(LANDPORT AND AIRPORT)\nRELATED MINORITY GROUPS\nFLOWS\nSTOCK\nCHARACTERISTICS\nIMPACT\nBORDER PATROL SENSOR\nCHARACTERISTICS\nEXPERIMENT\nSTUDY\nBORDER PATROL STAFFING\nEXPERIMENT\nINDUSTRIAL SURVEY\nGERALD\nFORD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\n#7501148\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 10, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR JIM CANNON\nTHROUGH:\nDICK PARSONS\nFROM:\nLYNN MAY\nRequest\nSUBJECT:\nRay Waldmann's Memo to Jim Cavanaugh\non Illegal Aliens\nWaldmann forwarded to Cavanaugh a suggestion from Jim Lynn\nthat either a new Domestic Council Task Force be established\nto develop solutions in regard to the influx of illegal\naliens in our country or the old Domestic Council Committee\non Illegal Aliens be reactivated.\nCurrently the Attorney General is moving, albeit slowly, to\nput new life into the established Committee. He has held\ndiscussions with Secretary Dunlop on the subject and plans\nto hold a Cabinet level meeting of the Committee in the next\nfour to five weeks. I recommend that you send him the\nattached memo (Tab A) querying him on his progress.\nMeanwhile, members of the Secretary of State's \"Interagency\nCommittee for the Study of Problems Related to Illegal\nMexican Migration into the United States\", which is affiliated\nwith the Domestic Council, held preliminary talks with the\nMexican government on December 5, as a prelude to a full\nscale meeting between the Committee and Mexican officials to\ndiscuss possible joint actions to resolve the problem.\nAttachment\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 10, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nThe Honorable Edward H. Levi\nThe Attorney General\nFROM:\nJames M. Cannon\nAssistant to the President for\nDomestic Affairs\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens\nThe President has asked me about the progress of the Domestic\nCouncil Committee on Illegal Aliens. I am advised that you\nhave taken the initiative in this area and I would appreciate\nit if you could send me a brief description of your plans for\nthe Committee.\nDecember 10, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nThe Honorable Edward H. Levi\nThe Attorney General\nFROM:\nJames M. Cannon\nAssistant to the President for\nDomestic Affairs\nSUBJECT:\nDomestic Council Committee on\nIllegal Aliens\nThe President has asked me about the progress of the Domestic\nCouncil Committee on Illegal Aliens. I am advised that you\nhave taken the initiative in this area and I would appreciate\nit if you could send me a brief description of your plans for\nthe Committee.\nLM:RDP:mm:med\nGREATS FORD"
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