Now. however. if he crosses the line in the night. or wades the Rio Grande. the chances are that before noon he will be stopped upon some highway by an alert patrol and questioned. Then. according to the present law. he can be convicted of a felony and lodged in jail. And It is not the Immigration Service but the Department of Justice which buys his tortillas and frijoles while the ponderots legal machinery necessary to his deportation Is set in motion. Mr. McLean continues in the article as follows: A third factor in decreasing Mexican Immigration is what officials call "the fear of God." It may be indelitite. but it is very real. and the quality is standard all the way from California to Texas. And that fear hovers over every Mexican colony in the Southwest is a fact that all who come in contact with them can readily attest. They fear examination by the border patrol when they travel. they fear arrest. they fear jail. they fear deportation . and whereas they used to write inviting their friends. they now urge them not to come. Said an American border official: "A few years ago we used to send plainclothes men Into the public dance halls. These men mingled with the crowd to gather information which we cold use as the basis for investigation.
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