My information does not confirm the statement made by the Senator from Georgia. We must not forget the important fact that there is even a more severe industrial depression in Mexico than there is in the United States at the present moment. Trade and industry are very much depressed. and Mexicans are coming to our consuls seeking visas in large numbers and are being promptly refused. The Weekly Review of World Business for April 11. 1930. a publication regularly Issued by the Department of Commerce. contains this statement with reference to Mexico: Economic conditions remain unchanged. with business dull in nearly all lines. Let me say further that the general percentage of visa refusals throughout Mexico is now 66 per centthat is. of every three applicants two are refused formally. This. however. does not take into consideration the fact that many Mexicans who inquire at various consulates as to the possibility of their imnigrating are given such discouraging replies that they prefer not to make their formal applications. There are also great numbers who. recei.ing word from their friends as to the small chance of receiving visas. have been so discouraged at the prospect that they have not appeared at the consulates. The demand for Immigration visas on the part of Mexicans. whether formal or informal. is considered as having decreased very little. If any. Econonic conditions in Mexico during the past year have not been such as to prevent many laborers from desiring to come to the United States.
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