I shall not attempt to reply to the Senator from Kentucky. except that I wish to read the language of the treaty in respect to this matter. I quote from page 21 part of article 20 of the treaty. This is all it provides: The whole of the personnel employed either directly or indirectly on the construction. operation. or 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 any 3428 CON( immigration restrictions. passports. or labor requirements. It does not stop there. however. It proceeds: Each Government shall furnish. through its own section of the Commission. convenient means of identification to the personnel employed by it on the aforesaid works and verification certificates covering all materials. implements. equipment. and repair parts intended for the works. The purpose of that. and the only purpose. is to provide that in the border worl. where both Governments will bear a proportion of the cost. the employees may go back and forth. They must have identification certificates. they must have credentials. and they can in no wise -violate the general immigration laws of the United States. This provision was adopted. not to hurt labor. but for the benefit of American labor. Under the Mexican law no American can cross the border and work in Mexico.
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