718 WEST 5th ST AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 47-;ZA5 Tribune -Herald Waco, Texas OCT 1 1982 Clements aide says key to Mexico tie in talking By NANCY ROMAN Tribune-Herald Special Writer A working dialogue based on respect and goodwill toward Mexico is crucial to good relations between Texas and Mexico, a special assistant to Gov. Bill Clements told local Mexican-American leaders Thursday. Eddie Aurispa, who was appointed in 1980 as an aide to Clements, told members of the Waco Cen-Tex Mexi- can American Chamber of Commerce, that most of the governor's attention has been directed toward undocu- mented workers entering the United States from IGtexico. To deal with the problem, Aurispa said, Clements has designed a "fast- track" naturalization program that would provide citizenship to people who have lived in the United States for at least five years prior to Jan. 1, 1981. The governor also supports a tempo- rary guest worker program that would allow undocumented Mexican workers to surface and obtain temporary legal standing. Under this program, Aurispa said, a temporary guest worker would obtain an exit visa from the Mexican government and an entrance visa from the United States, then would apply to the Social Security Administration for a temporary Social Security card. Aurispa said both nations would have access to computerized data on the status and location of the workers. "The Mexican officials have also agreed to this kind of approach," he said. He said Clements is opposed to criminal penalties for employers of un- documented workers. Instead, the gov- ernor proposes that employers pay a $1,000 relocation fee for each undocu- mented worker hired. The fee would be used to defray the costs of return- ing workers to Mexico. "The objective is to decriminalize sanctions, yet make the cost of hiring undocumented workers excessive enough to deter the practice," he said. "But these two programs (the tempo- rary guest worker program and relo- cation program) must go hand in hand to be effective." Aurispa said the belief that the Mex- ican worker takes potential jobs from American workers is a myth. "He or she augments the labor force by taking those jobs that go unfilled because of the lack of interest on the part of the American worker," he said. Research shows that mosf of the un- documented workers do not desire U.S. citizenship, but work in the United States for a few months each year to earn enough money to survive. Aurispa said Clements is opposed to any attempt to grant wholesale am- nesty to undocumented workers now in the United States, but feels that "their status must be adjusted and there should be some flexibility to allow them to work here." "We live side by side, so we must work side by side and we must help protect and strengthen each other," he added.