I know what the Senator has in mind. Practically every State in the Union has had the wetback problem. Some of these people cannot meet the standards of immigration. They may be criminals. Because they are wetbacks. they can be kept in a state of peonage. We have a contract system whereby aliens can legitimately be brought into the United States. But before they are brought in. the local employment service is available. or. if not available. then by the contract system aliens can be brought in to take care of crops in certain places and to perform certain types of work. But they must meet the standards of immigration. This bill would give the Immigration Service some help which it does not now have.
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Wetbacks are kept in a state of peonage and some may be criminals.