In my district the answer has been "No." Nor does the question turn on the fact that only 1 percent of the farmers use braceros. The farmers who need the labor most are the growers of fruit. nuts. and vegetables. This group comprises 22 percent of the American farmers. and many of the 11/2 percent who do not use braceros have access to workers from Jamaica. the Bahamas. and Canada under the general immigration law. Further. some 0.7 percent of the farms produce some 80 percent of our vegetables and some 65 percent of our fruit and nuts. These are the ones who need the labor at the right time at the right place.
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