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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. Resolve: Recommendations That having carried on cordial discussions in a friendly atmosphere for solution of migra- tory problems. of mutual understanding, with the object of trying to solve, in the best form for the Governments of Mexico and of the United States, the migratory problems resulting from the illegal movement of Mexican workers, whose number according to estimated statistics presented by the Delegation of the United States has reached a total of 119,000, of which 100,000 are direct emigrants from Mexican territory and 19,000 are workers who not having completed their labor contracts have remained illegally in territory of the United States, being now found, like the direct entrants, giving their services for the most part in agricultural work, the Delegations reached agreement to submit the following conclusions to their respective Governments as recom- mendations: Protective con- FIRST: At the request of the Mexican Delegation the United States tracts. Delegation agrees to submit to its Government the proposition that the entire contingent of Mexicans who have migrated illegally be returned preferably through the border ports of Mexicali, Ciudad Juarez and Reynosa with a view to making a selection which may permit them to return to employment in the United States under the protection of contracts which should be drawn up on bases acceptable to the two Governments. SECOND: The abovementioned contracting should be carried out through contracts signed by the representative of the employer in the United States (farmer) and by a representative of the Inter- departmental Commission referred to at the beginning, which is inter- vening in these conversations; said document to be endorsed in Mexi- can territory by an official of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States of America, indicating that the employer (farmer) has complied with the requirements of the immigration laws of said country and has received due authorization to contract Mexican workers and to bring them into the United States. brdortsment of THIRD: Both Delegations will recommend to their respective Governments the reinforcement of their border patrols and of all methods of vigilance to attain the greatest possible success for the control dispositions established to impede the illegal migration of Mexican workers. mNonue of y FOURTH: With a view to cooperation in the realization of this objective, the immigration authorities of the United States will deny authorization for the contracting of Mexican workers to those Ameri- can employers (farmers) who in contravention of these recommenda- tions use the services of agricultural workers who have entered illegally. The Mexican Delegation would appreciate the United States Dele- gation submitting to its Government the desire of the Mexican Government that the authorities of the United States study the possi- bility of adopting, in addition, legal measures under which United States employers who contract or use illegally migrated Mexican workers may suffer an adequate sanction. 4098

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