The admission of the seasonal agricultural labor. which I believe was advocated by Mr. Legge. of the Farm Board. and by other organizations. is the proposal contained in an amendment which the Senator from Wyoming intends to offer. It has been much talked about. but presents a totally different issue from the question of enforcing existing immigration laws. In my judgment. It will be necessary. under the existing conditions. to enact a positive law to permit otherwise inadmissible aliens to enter the United States to labor on farms for any period of time. and then return to the country from whence they came. There Is no authority of law for anything of that kind now. If a Mexican is illiterate. he simply can not come in. If a foreigner from any other country does not qualify according to the strict letter of our immigration law. he can not come in for one month or two months and then go back home. It will take positive legislation to accomplish any such purpose.
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