At that time the Senate adopted an amendment offered. I believe. by the Senator from Illinois . which would have made some improvement in the situation. but the amendment was lost in conference. As a result. the program did not play a significant role at that time in solving the wetback problem. Two years ago. I wrote to Commissioner of Immigration Swing on this particular point and asked whether he thought the passage of the legislation had had any significant effect on the wetback problem. He replied that it did not play any significant part in the solution of the wetback problems. In his letter. he said:
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