Mr. Speaker. pursuant to House Resolution 107. a resolution authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary or any subcommittee thereof. to conduct studies and investigations relative to matters within the committees jurisdiction. which includes immigration. I have submitted today to the House a report containing findings and recommendations arrived at after a study of the problem of Spanish sheepherders was made last year. The House Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality undertook last year to check on reports. according to which a considerable number of sheepherders admitted to the United States under three special laws passed in 1950. 1952. and 1954. respectively. have abandoned their employment with ranchers in the Western and Mountain States and drifted into the mining industry. dairy farms. various processing plants. and restaurants. mostly in California and Nevada. to the detriment of our woolgrowing industry. A careful review of the results of our investigation has caused us to recommend that no special immigration laws admitting sheepherders for permanent residence be enacted by the Congress in the future. Instead. and mindful of the interests of the ranchers and woolgrowers as well as of the needs of our textile industry. we are recommending that after the practice of admitting sheepherders under special legislation is discontinued. they be permitted to enter this country under existing general laws which provide for the importation of needed workers on a temporary basis. This system has for the last few years worked to everybodys satisfaction in the case of agricultural laborers coming from the British West Indies for the purpose of supplying the necessary manpower for our citrus fruit growers. tobacco farmers. and sugar beet planters.
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