The entire area that we are talking about. from Mexico to the Oregon border. once belonged to Mexico. and the original people in that area were Mexican people who left many of their relatives and descendants there. The Mexican border. like the Canadian border. is an open border. There is no way in which you could stop a Mexican citizen from coming into the United States. provided he had a visa from the Mexican Government and provided he was in good health and did not have a criminal record. The gentlemen from the highly populated cities of the country wish to eat the products we raise. but also wish to take from the area the labor that has been used in the methods under which we have farmed for 150 years. When you talk about 600.000 people. which is entirely too large a figurewetbackshaving been put back across the line. it is much less than that. what we do is to put the same Mexican back across the line. probably every week. maybe every day. and he comes back again. He sleeps at home and he comes back to work the next day. So the Immigration Department takes credit for one additional wetback on each trip. Can you picture in your mind. Mr.
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Generalizing about Mexicans crossing the border repeatedly for work and the Immigration Department inflating numbers.