Mr. Chairman. I have said on various occasions during this debate that the bill before us is not immigration reform. I have also said that this bill is directed to the benefit of a special interest in this country. The truth of the matter is that it is not immigration reform simply because of title II of this bill. This title II deals only with the problems of labor and agriculture. These are subject matters that should be debated under another bill being proposed or brought to this House by either the Committee on Labor or the Committee on Agriculture. But we now have a situation where we have inserted into an immigration bill. subject matter that deals only with agriculture. If the rule permitted I would move to strike out title II altogether. and then we would have in place what could be a reasonable immigration bill. The amendment that is being proposed now is simply an amendment that puts in place a new Bracero Program. As you probably remember. this was a program that was first initiated during World War II.
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