Chairman. I would like to make It perfectly clear that the House Committee on Agriculture is not interested in perpetuating the influx of wetbacks into this country. There is nothing in this bill that impairs or imperils any of the immigration laws of this Nation. It is amazing to me to hear the distinguished gentleman from New York. the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. charged with the responsibility of giving attention to the immigration laws. standing in the well of the House and denouncing a bill from the Committee on Agriculture which in no way interferes with the jurisdiction of the gentlemans committee. He stood here yesterday with tears in his eyes. almost. begging you to protect the health of the people of this Nation from the loath-" some hands of the Mexicans that were coming in with all kinds of diseases that were likely to destroy the health and habits of our people. Why does the gentleman not go to his own committee room and assemble his own committee and do something about the wetback problem?
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Mexicans are coming in with all kinds of diseases that were likely to destroy the health and habits of our people.