It is time we legislated them out of existence just as enlightened Congresses legislated the sweatshop out of existence. S. 1851 as it now stands is only a gesture in that direction. If we give real authority to our Immigration Service officers and eliminate from the bill the free hand given to employers of wetbacks we shall have taken a giant stride. Mr. Chairman. It is my purpose to move or support amendments which will be offered to strike from S. 1851 the proviso protecting the willful employers of wetbacks. and to revise paragraph (c) of section 1 of the bill so that Immigration Service officers may effectively root the wetbacks out of the farms on which they are hidden in semislavery. I strongly urge my colleagues who value humanity more than the fattened profits of the corporation farmers to do the same. The bill. unless drastically improved.
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