Our source of migratory labor is not only Puerto Rico and the Republic of Mexico. we recruit these workers from Canada. we recruit them from the British West Indies. I support the amendment offered by the gentleman from West Virginia so that ample time may be afforded to go into these questions. In a year we can come up with solutions to this problem of migrant labor. We have only touched the periphery of this very vexatious problem. We have not plumbed the depths. The argument was made that the Judiciary Committee had developed a comprehensive code on immigration. That is true. The question was propounded. Why did not the Subcommittee on Immigration of the Committee on the Judiciary go into this matter? We did go into the matter. We devised a section which provides that it shall be unlawful to conceal. harbor or shield any alien who is not lawfully in the country. But we left out the word "hires." which is the nub of the situation. We have failed to put into that fabric of the immigration code the word "hires." Anybody can hire these people. here. legally or illegally. The employers of these wetbacks in many instances feel they have a sort of Godgiven right to hire wetbacks. to hire those who come in illegally. Resolutions have been actually passed by chambers of commerce in localities along the Mexican border.
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