Mr. Chairman. I must rise today in opposition to the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments. The passage of this bill will only serve to complicate the plight of farmers and ranchers by denying them a viable labor market. What we need instead. is a program similar to the bracero program which existed from 1951 to 1963. Looking back. the bracero program was the kind of program that had substantial appeals for those involved in it. U.S. farmers and ranchers like it. because it helped them meet their labor demands by supplying steady dependable help and at reasonable costs. Mexicans who participated in the program like it. because it enabled them to make significantly more money doing agricultural work in the United States than they were able to earn doing similar work in Mexico.
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