Yes. sir. that is a total of 14.200. they have estimated. and that is practically just what we have had to have practically every year in these territories when we could have a normal acreage. (Same hearings. p. 231.) The above and much other testimony like it was given in support of a proposition to suspend the contract labor and headtax provisions of the immigration law to authorize the admission of the class of labor mentioned. (Same hearings. p. 11.) In 1926 the house committee was considering measures (H. R. 7559 and H. R. 6741) to restrict Mexican immigration and a proposition to liberalize Immigration laws to admit a greater number of alien Mexican laborers. when statements from which the following quotations are taken were made before the committee. (See hearings. January 28. 1926. to February 23. 1926. hearings. pp. 429751.) One of the propositions wasThat no change be made in the immigration law that will restrict the flow of common labor between the United States and Mexico. but that such changes should be made as will tend to move the barriers now existing.
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