President. all the discussion involved has pointed. not to the provision of the law which I seek to strike from the bill. or the provision in the bill. but to reinstating the old bracero program. a program which Congress voted out of existence. This provision does not deal with the bracero program. This is dealing with the administration of migrant workers. In my opinion. what is being attempted by the provision in the bill is to reinstate the bracero program. Evidently the sponsors of the bill feel that they can use the back door approach to reinstate a program which Congress voted out. by getting someone who might be. in their opinion. more sympathetic to the idea of bringing in immigrant workers. That is not what is involved in this provision of the law. Accordingly. let us not try to reinstate a program through the back door which Congress has stated emphatically and affirmatively was wrong. was administered wrong. and should be stopped. Mr. President. I believe that the Secretary of Labor will be sympathetic toward the problems of migrant workers. at the same time trying to protect the domestic workers in this country in meeting the need of seasonal employment which they might not get in certain areas. Mr. President.
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