Yes. and would then leave enough money for the rest of the administration. including vehicles and so forth. and he felt reasonably. certain that there would be an opportunity then to enforce the law as it ought to be. These facts are all before us. We have been working and struggling on these matters before our committee. and I want to call your attention today to the fact that when we were considering the immigration bill the other day you asked why we did not keep out the Mexicans and we said that they could not come in now for three reasons. namely. they can not read. second. they can not pay the head tax. and third. beyond all question 90 per cent of that bunch come in as contract laborers. Here is an opportunity for you to help to keep out the Mexican by placing in the bill a sufficient amount of money to hire -the number of guards that the Secretary of Labor. the Commissioner of Immigration. and all the other officials say they need and ought to have. and they also state if they get them they can enforce the law.
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Generalization that 90% of Mexicans come in as contract laborers.