Today I want to speak on the question of how this treaty affects the rights of American labor. The hardwon rights of American labor are summarily set aside by the proposed Mexican Treaty. With regard to the boundary sections of the Rio Grande and Colorado River. the treaty contains this startling provision: The whole of the personnel employed either directly or indirectly on the construction. operation. and maintenance of the works may pass freely from one country to the other for the purpose of going to and from the place of location of the works. without immigration restrictions. passports. or labor requirements. Thus the treaty provides that cheap foreign labor may be employed on the construction. and perpetually in the operation and maintenance of vast river works in the United States without regard to immigration restrictions. American labor laws and American wage scales. Because it is cheap labor. it is inevitable that contractors will use it to cut their costs and that these contractors who do use it will make the low bids and get the jobs.
Keywords matched
immigration