Eisenhower called the wetback situation a moral disgrace. Since he became President. traffic in this contraband labor has increased to a current rate of 1 million a year. At the same time a dangerous relaxation in the standards formerly protecting such workers has taken place. Pressure for increased immigration of Mexican farmworkers comes from the big ranchers and corporate farms of California and the Southwest. These interests gave the Republican ticket heavy political and financial support in their campaign. In response to their claims that an emergency exists. the Department of Labor is now. with doubtful legality. recruiting farmworkers for them at the border.
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