I agree that the wetback scourge will probably continue until Congress appropriates sufficient moneys to stop it. and what is more important. until appropriate legislation is enacted to stop it. I would remind the Senator from Minnesota that last year together with the distinguished senior Senator from Illinois lMr. DOUGLAS] I offered an amendment which in my opinion would have shut off the greatest part of this vicious influx. which is a completely uncontrolled and unscreened influx of illegal immigrants. We proposed an amendment which would have made it a misdemeanor. punishable by law. for anyone knowinglyand I emphasize the word "knowingly." because it is importantto give employment to a man who had been found to be an illegal immigrant. I believe the enactment of such an amendment would have gone far toward solving this problem because those who are exploiting the wetbacksand as a matter of fact. who are going to exploit some of the men who will enter the United States under this amendment to the lawwould have hesitated a long time to give employment to people whom they knew to be illegally in this country. Such an enactment is the way to solve the problem.
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