Some political leaders view the entire situation with alarm. feel that it could lead to trouble in agricultural communities. In general. the hope is that American authorities will reconsider and that -the bracero agreement will be extended for at least 2 additional years. Another article by Emil Zubyrn. which was written in Mexico City on June 8 and reproduced in the daily CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of July 15. 1963. on page A4394. concluded. as follows: I Secretary Tello added that "agreements for the contracting of rural migrant labor has always been a satisfactory arrangement for both nations." "I want to make one point very clear." he said. "and that is this: should the ban prove official. both Mexico and the United States will have to join forces in a coordinated effort to avoid illegal movement of braceros north of the border. And I believe that the principal responsibility should lie with the United States." There is no doubt that if Public Law 78 is not extended wetbacks will flow across the border in such numbers that immigration officials could not control the movement. The farmers in the Valley area of Texas. along the border in New Mexico. Arizona. and lower California would obtain labor that would be denied farmers who operate in the sugarbeet areas of Colorado or the pickle sections of Michigan. as well as the strawberry harvest in Arkansas.
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