Mr. President. no rightthinking employer of labor would ask for the admission of alien laborers where domestic laborers were available. In any event. the provision of the amendment governing the admission of aliens would prevent such contingency. It is provided that these aliens may be employed only when "unskilled agricultural laborers unemployed are not available within a reasonable distance of the place where such labor is to be performed." It provides further that the aliens must furnish bonds to insure that at the expiration of the prescribed time. or upon failure to maintain the status under which admitted. they will depart from the United States. Under such circumstances it is difficult to understand how there could be any reasonable objection to the employment of alien laborers temporarily for such agricultural crops as truck farming. the harvesting of fruit. and the cultivation of sugar beets. As already stated. such labor does not compete with domestic labor. but used in emergencies in the production of the crops mentioned. actually opens the door of opportunity for a wider field of employment to our own people. To my way of thinking. there can be no valid objection to this amendment and there are many reasons why it should be adopted.
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