62 STAT.] MEXICO-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS-FEB. 20, 21 , 1948 "17. The United States Employment Service of the United States Department of Labor shall lend its good offices to the contracting parties with a view to obtaining full compliance with the terms of this agreement and the individual contract. The worker may request these good offices direct or through the Mexican Consul having jurisdiction in the place of employment. "18. The Mexican Consuls or their duly accredited representatives, within their corresponding jurisdiction, in cooperation with the representatives of the United States Employment Service or the Immigration and Naturalization Service, will take all possible meas- ures of protection in the interest of the Mexican workers in all ques- tions affecting them, and the employer will grant such officials access to the place of employment when it is necessary not only for the protection of the worker but also for the maintenance of good relations between the employer and the worker. "19. The Government of Mexico reiterates its intention to limit the contracting of workers to two periods of six months (one year) in order that the workers may not lose their ties with their homeland. However, it manifests its agreement that ten per cent of workers experienced in agricultural work may be recontracted for an addi- tional period of six months in order that they may cooperate in the training of new contingents which enter the United States under the present agreement. "20. Permission to contract workers will not be granted to those employers who use workers illegally in the United States. "21. With a view to impeding the migration to the United States of workers who have their permanent residence in Border towns, it is suggested to the delegation of the United States that those who are in this category be documented by the Mexican migration authorities only with Card Form 5-C, which only gives them the right to cross to the adjacent towns and not to be contracted for work in the interior of the United States. Therefore all such who are clearly shown to be legal residents of Border towns should be excluded from contracts. "22. The delegation of the United States will recommend to its Government the continuance of present instructions to its diplomatic and consular representatives in Mexico, with a view to having them abstain, as they have done to date, from documenting as permanent residents of the United States, persons whose passports do not cate- gorically so specify, with the exception of those who have family ties in that country. "23. When there arises a case of violation by the employer of the Individual Work Agreement or of the conditions under which au- thority for the admission of the workers to the United States has been issued, or there has been a violation by the worker of the conditions under which he was admitted, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service will withdraw said authority or will cause the removal of the worker or workers involved, as the case may be, after the measures specified in the Individual Work Agreement have been completed. 68706-52 -PT. I -- -81 3891 U.S . Employment Service good offices. Protection by Mexi- ican consuls, etc. Limitation of work periods. Illegal use of work- ers. Legal residents of border towns. Documentation s permanent residents of U.S., restriction. Violation of Indi- vidual Work Agree- ment.
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