The article vividly describes the plight of "vast numbers of Mexican Americans (who) remain mired in seemingly hopeless poverty. Cut off from the society at large by language and cultural barriers. poorly educated. lacking job skills. often discriminated against on an ethnic basis. these people cluster in the MexicanAmerican slums--or barriosfound in practically every Southwestern city." As chairman of the Migratory Labor Subcommittee. I have on several occasions taken the floor of the Senate to urge my colleagues. to more seriously consider the plight of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. many of whom are Mexican Americans. The systematic exclusion from. or at best only partial inclusion in. practically every major social and worker benefit program enacted Into law at both the Federal and State level is well known. and the traumatic physical and psychological effects on human beings are well documented. Yet we have yet to truly respond to these people.
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Mexican Americans are described as mired in poverty, cut off from society, poorly educated, lacking job skills, and discriminated against.