Calif. "East of Eden" is my home. The Salinas Valley is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world. "Of Mice and Men" and "Grapes of Wrath" tell some of the story of this beautiful valleybut not the whole story. of course. One of the cruelest phases of our socialeconomic life is the migrant labor family. The innocent children suffer most. Until you have lived with a migrant family or have lived in a town through which the migrant families must swarm. you cannot appreciate the cruelties imposed on them by this nomadic way of life. We mortals cannot change. to any appreciable extent. the time when crops ripen or when harvests are required. Migrant families. not always through their own fault. seriously disrupt a community. They cause enormous policing problemscrimes and nuisances. They increase extraordinarily relief and welfare requirements. They disrupt schoolspreventing local and migrant children both from achieving a proper education. We in Congress should not encourage this nomadic way of life. The childrens deprivations are. among others. a lack of security and a normal home.
Identified stereotypes
Migrant families are described as causing problems for the community, increasing crime, and disrupting schools.