Section 501 subdivision of the act permits the Secretary to recruit workers illegally in the United States. it permits recruitments of wetbacks who have illegally resided in the United States for the last 5 years as well as contract workers who have overstayed any admission period. Section 501 of the act should read "Who are legally in the United States" and not "In the United States under legal entry." The language of the present law is tricky. It should be nailed down so that the Secretary cannot hire anyone who has not satisfied our immigration and other statutes as to health. security. and the like. As the situation has developed now. there Is no health examination. no security examination. and one would think that enlightened selfinterest would prompt those along the border States to see to it that there are proper safeguards. especially health examinations. Along the border counties of Texas. for exampleand I am reading from Migratory Labor in American Agriculture. report of the Presidents Commission on Migratory Labor: One of the most sensitive indicators of the state of public health in any population is the rate of infant mortality.
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