No city in proportion to its size has had a greater influx of foreign population. No city has assimilated and Americanized more successfully the alien which it has welcomed to its gates. As a consequence many days each year are used by the Federal court for the exclusive handling of naturalization cases. The creation of new Federal criminal offenses and the enlargement of the jurisdiction of the Federal courts have affected this district particularly. Being the center of the automobile industry. for a while Detroit was the especial prey of automobile thieves. The strict enforcement of the Dyer Act has abated this evil coisiderably. but in so (loing has contributed to the congestion of our Federal court. Our proximity to Canada. portions of which have not adopted prohibition. has added to the number of our cases involving the illegal importation of liquor. Smuggling and immigration cases also combine to clog our criminal docket. Hon. Alexis C.
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