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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 8, 1990                   TAG: 9003081748
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

INS LEANING TOWARD NATIONAL WORKER CARD

A national worker identification card could stem the flood of illegal aliens entering the United States and reduce instances of employment discrimination based on race or ethnic background, the nation's chief immigration officer said Wednesday.

Immigration officials said a worker identity card would contain several safeguards - such as laminated holograms that would be difficult to duplicate - that would make it nearly counterfeit-proof.

To avoid complaints that issuing such a card would be discriminatory, it would be issued to all American workers and to legal aliens.

- Cox News Service 


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