Permit a quotation from the report of the Presidents Commission on Migratory Labor: The wetback undergoes no health or physical examinaticn as he illicitly enters the United States. The bringing in of disease and contagion cannot. therefore. be avoided. Moreover. while he is here as an illegal alien. the wetback will not ordinarily risk the chance of apprehension by seeking medical or health assistance. Reciprocally. the health and medical service agencies that might otherTise be ready to provide assistance for residents will ordinarily be foreclosed to the wetback. even if he were to seek aid. because of residence ineligibility. This circumstance does no I arise with legal foreigners for whom provision is made.
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Wetbacks undergo no health examination and bring in disease and contagion.