Mr. Chairman. several months ago the Immigration and Naturalization Service apprehended two men employed by a New York contractor as painters. The men were earning $9.75 per hour and each had accumulated approximately $10.000 In their respective savings accounts. They were in the United States illegally and. therefore. not entitled to employment. They had brought their families from overseas. Their children were enrolled in public schools. At the time of their arrest. the men were painting a statue. Ironically. that is the statue which thrusts a torch to the east from New York Harbor and beckons to the world to send "your tired. your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free".
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