President. the bill I introduce today would place agriculture labor recruitment responsibility upon State authorities. The officer of each State principally concerned with agriculture is given responsibility to make a final determination about the number of workers needed to harvest crops. In the case of Texas that official is the commissioner of agriculture. This bill would give the States sole jurisdiction over the "finding of a need" for additional foreign workers. The U.S. Attorney General then would supervise the necessary immigration. Certainly. this would be far more equitable than the present hectic and -unsatisfactory control from Washington. Those officials closest to the situation are far better able to determine the needs of agriculture.
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