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Imprenta de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exterlores. 1928. pp. 57) From time to time the press receives certain notices with regard to the condition of the Mexicans In the United States of America. notices which. perhaps on account of the manner in which they are presented. are given publicity and even. in some cases. the special consideration of editorial comment. The very nature of these notices makes it impossible for the Government to be constantly rectifying. explaining. or denying them. especially since in official documents. published and easy to obtain. and even In the bulletins habitually furnished the press. the information and explanations relative to this matter are given. It would be well for the institutions and persons who are interested in this question to avoid the confusion which frequently arises out of the confounding of the situation in which our nationals who emigrate to the United States may find themselves. and the protection which the Government of Mexico gives themtwo matters which. although apparently correlative. are different. Before turning to a detailed explanation of the question. the public should know : First. the disproportional and illegal emigration of our people to the United States is prejudicial both to our country and to the Mexican laborers. second. no government repatriates Its nationals. especially when it is a matter of imprudent journeys. with the exception of mobilization in case of war. third. no other government in the world gives to its nationals abroad the direct protection. in quantity and quality. that is given by the Government of Mexico. The exodus of our people to foreign parts. and cspecially to the United States. for reasons of propinquity and labor. constitutes an intricate problem diflcult to solve. alien to the will of the Government of Mexico. which. on the contrary. is constantly making every possible effort practically and theoretically to prevent both the depopulation of our fields and the difficulties which out. emigrants are going to encounter. Despite these efforts great numbers of field laborers always ignore the dispositions of the governments on both sides of the Rio Grande. they accept. without weighing the consequences. disadvantageous contracts and go to various States of the American Union. where. once the harvest scason is over. they remain sometimes at the mercy of unscrupulous exploiters and sometimes without employment with which to earn their livelihood. often persecuted with the provisions of the Immigration law. incarcerated as a consequence of their offense or deported in mass rapidly. These are the consequences of imprudent emigration. Only then is it that these persons who enter another country in defiance of the laws of their own and the foreign nation turn to their government and ask for what it is impossible to foresee in any budgetfood. transportation. and various other expenses for many thousands of individuals.