Mr. President. the Bureau of Immigration is very desirous of having this bill enacted into law. I do not have the facts before me at the present time. but the failure to have such a law upon the statute books now is rendering practically impossible of enforcement the immigration laws. Under the existing system. if a truck loaded with persons who have evaded the immigration authorities at the border iii Mexico. for example. by swimming the river. is traveling through the State of Texas it is impossible under the present conditions to capture such individuals who are slipping into this country. I do not know. Mr. President. of" any small bill that is more vital to the enforcement of the immigration laws than is this measure. The members of the Committee on Immigration went into this measure very fully. It was reported unanimously. It applies only to certain areas contiguous to the border of the United States.
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