In the third place. the argument was made that the bill will have an unfortunate effect on Mexico. The answer to that argument is clear. A foreign aid program for Mexico is laudable. but it ought to be considered and discussed. if there be a chance to do so. on its merits. and the cost borne by all Americans equitably. not primarily by migrant farmworkers. It should not be borne by the migratory workers who compete with the braceros. The final argument was that the bill serves as an antiwetback program. This is not true. because there is no reason in the world why employers who wish to violate the law by hiring Mexicans under illegal circumstances and paying them even less than is paid under the braceros programs would be dissuaded because of the treaty that has been signed. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has a duty to enforce the law. I am confident that it can enforce the law if it is given the personnel to do so. The Mexican farm labor importation program. whereby an emergency measure has been extended and expanded during all this time. raises serious moral and economic questions. and represents questionable public policy.
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