The House report on a similar bill states: Congress only intended that he [the Secretary] determine adverse effect on the basis of the prevailing wage. The socalled adverse effect wage orders are presently being challenged in the courts. and it is expected that the courts will in due course curb this unwarranted usurpation of power by the Secretary of Labor. Thus if this legislation is passed. we can expect to see wage levels for our domestic migrants decrease because of the withdrawal from the Secretary of Labor of the power to set decent wage levels. Many growers prefer to use braceros because they do not travel with their families. having left them behind in Mexico. Consequently they are easier to house.
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