Lawrence River and the Great L1akes coast line and the \Washington and Maine coast lines add 6.000 miles of accessible frontier in addition to the land boundary. Down in the Gulf of Mexico our Gulf States add 7.600 miles more of frontier. which is comparatively easy for an alien to cross in safety. But there is encouragement. so far as that goes. in the figures regarding deportations. They have very much increased because of the increased vigilance of our immigration authorities. In the last six months the deportations alnounted to 4.448. an increase of about onethird over any similar period in our history. It is i actically impossible for an immigrant to smuggle himself in and stay hidden. It is not always that our inspectors get hin. but somebody whose job he has taken. or somebody who has a personal reasdn for telling on him. always informs the immigration authorities. and in the end they get him. We have picked up a surprising number by their applications for citizenship. A good many of them think that their offense is forgbtten . after a few years they apply for citizenship. and then to their astonishment they are arrested and deported. All I mean to say as the sum of it all is. when we are urged. as we all will be during the coming months. to take some steps against this terrible menace of smuggling. let us be a little critical in linding how terrible it is. In my judgment it is comparatively insignificant.
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Immigrants are always caught because someone informs on them.