Speaker. they sneak across the Rio Grande from Mexico. aided and abetted by large farmers. ranchers. and growers associations. to work for starvation wages. That is why they are called wetbacks. It is easy for thousands of them to slip through the long boundary between Mexico and the United States because our border patrol is kept at skeleton strength with the connivance of agricultural employers in the United States who want to fatten themselves by exploiting cheap labor. The tragedy and the treason of this situation is that it is being encouraged by every devious practice at a time when unemployment is mounting among our people. There is no need whatsoever for imported farm help. when there is a growing surplus of American labor. Those who encourage this modern slavery in the Southwest wrap themselves in the American flag whenever there is a bill to liberalize immigration from Europe that would bring skilled refugees to our country. They shout about the dangers of communism when we are trying to provide sancutary for a few more of communisms victims. But they flout every consideration of security when they smell the profits that will accrue to themselves by opening the borders to migrant Mexican workers. They ignore the warning by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service that more than 100 Communists a day are coming in through our back door. Our whole security setup becomes a farce when the precautions we exercise along the Canadian border. and at all west coast. east coast. and gulf ports. are abandoned along the 2.000mile Mexican border. because special interests here put selfishness above patriotism. It is to the credit of the Mexican Government and evidence of its concern for the welfare of its own nationals that it wants to engage in joint supervision of this problem.
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Generalization that Mexican workers are encouraged to come to the US to exploit cheap labor and that they are a security threat.