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Douglas Daily Dispatch
Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona
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Rep. Free (R-Calif.) stated in Washington on Oct. 26 that strict enforcement of immigration laws along the Mexican border has caused labor shortages for farmers and railroads in southwestern states, leading to abandoned border villages and complaints from farmers. Mexicans must read, write, and be physically fit to enter.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (AP)—Representative Free, republican, California, today said the immigration laws had been enforced so effectively along the Mexican border in the last two years that farmers and railroads in southwestern states were having difficulty in obtaining sufficient labor for field and track work.
Free also said a number of villages on the American side of the border which had been occupied by Mexicans practically had been abandoned because of work of the immigration inspection service.
He asserted that a number of farmers had complained about insufficient labor and that he learned at the labor department that every Mexican who seeks entry must be able to read and write and have no defects physically.
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Southwestern States
Event Date
Oct. 26
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labor shortages for farmers and railroads; abandonment of american border villages previously occupied by mexicans
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Representative Free stated that effective enforcement of immigration laws along the Mexican border over the last two years has caused difficulties in obtaining labor for field and track work in southwestern states, leading to complaints from farmers and abandonment of border villages; Mexicans seeking entry must read and write with no physical defects.