Dow replied: I think we have done a pretty good job. The Customs Bureau testified it did not need any more help. The Immigration Service testified it did not need any more help. but the pressure behind this bill. the same old pressure that was behind the Jones law. which proved to be such a fiasco. even in this House. was too great to prevent its presentation. There is the same pressure behind this bill. and the desire is to pass it just for the one purpose. namely. that of getting a few more gallons of the 3 per cent of liquor that comes into this country. I do not object to that so much. but in doing it you are going to make criminals of hundreds of thousands of American citizens. The immigration authorities testified they were controlling the situation. They testified they are already moving to the border. that they are putting their buildings on the border and only needed a few more men. But what does the bill do?
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