Then we have the wetbacks as the fifth and final class under our consideration of people who come to our country from Mexico and they are the ones who. without inspection and in violation of law. either wade the Rio Grande or cross the border clandestinely or come through the established ports of entry under false pretenses. It is unfair to these people. however. to assume that they are criminals. As my distinguished colleague. the chairman of the Subcommittee on Appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service recently said in the hearings on that agencys request: These are perfectly harmless people who want to come up here and make a days pay. That is all it ispart 1. page 861. of the hearings on appropriations. 1971. They are guilty. of course. of a violation of our laws and good judgment and good government dictate that they should be apprehended and returned to Mexico according to law.
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