Then. let us not forget the one factor which does not appear in anybodys official figures and which nobody wants to talk aboutlet us figure in the "wetbacks." According to the hearings of the Committee on Appropriations and the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Prisons. on page 90. part III. of the supplemental appropriation bill for 1966. which we passed last week. there were 19.174 wetbacks apprehended between January 1. 1964. and June 30. 1964. However. in the same 6month period this year. 1965. there were 30.623. The U. S. border patrol picked up 6.000 wetbacks in California in September alone. We all know that for every wetback you pick up there are five more that you do not get. In these hearings that I referred to the Assistant Director of Prisons asked for and this House voted a supplemental appropriation of $180.000 for increased prison days for braceros who came here illegally. trying to get work because they would not come here legally under Public Law 78.
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