The reason the wetback comes across is not because the American farmer desires him to come across as a wetback but because the conditions in Mexico are such that it is cheaper for him to come across a nonexistent line. than to pay the demands made of him by his own country. The Mexican laborer. from time immemorial has har. vested these crops. so he comes across and harvests them and goes back. Every time he is taken back instead of going back on his own power. the Immigration Service takes credit for another wetback sent back across the line. These men rarely go a distance from the border. Whenever they go from the border. there are immigration roadblocks. I sincerely hope. Mr.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing about why Mexicans cross the border and the Immigration Service's counting methods.