Speech #740191170

I have received letters from American citizens there inquiring why it is possible for a Mexican Consul to be in the United States organizing Mexican aliens and Mexican citizens. to make it possible for them to affiliate with the Mexican labor unions. The following letter is very apropos. coming from a citizen from Laredo. whose name I will not divulge for obvious reasons: DEAR CONGRESSMAN DIES: I am writing to call your attention to some incidents that are being promulgated by aliens in this land of ours. I also will state that all redblooded Americans. citizens of this part of the State. are in full accord with your immigration bill. and you may rest assured of receiving their loyal support. May I ask by what right has the Mexican consul (as per Laredo Times I mailed you) here to organize the Mexican alien labor. and that along communistic lines. He says it is "to fight for their rights." Do we not have rights as American citizens? Should not ours be first so considered? Who pays the bill? Enclosed you will also find some very fine clippings by Lieutenant Colonel Waugh. who gives something worth while. With this and the other in consideration. may I suggest as a further aid to us working people (if such can be done) that all immigration be suspended as well as naturalization to those with more than 2 to 5 years residence in our country who have made no effort to obtain their papers of citizenship. If this can be done. it will prevent millions of undesirables from taking out papers in order to escape deportation. Why cannot a law be enacted similar to the labor laws of Mexico whereby they favor their own nationals? Why cannot we have a law giving 90 percent of all labor to our citizens? More than 60 percent of the population in Laredo are Mexican aliens. and they always get preference by many of the employers. for they work them cheaper. Also. these employers stand for seasonal immigration. because they pay from onehalf to onethird less. yet it takes bread out of the mouth of the MexicanAmerican and the American citizen because they cannot work for the price. We have several hundred aliens who commute daily from Nuevo Laredo and work in our stores. The aliens on this side are on the relief and tell us we have to take care of them. (According to Mr.