Speech #820165279

I may say to the Senator from Vermont. the bill provides that within a reasonable distance of the external boundaries of the United States the Immigration Service may enter and search any railway car. aircraft. conveyance. or vehicle without a warrant. for the purpose of discovering illegal entries. It also provides that "within a distance of 25 miles from any such external boundary" the Immigration authorities may have access to private lands. but not dwellings. for the purpose of patrolling the border to prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States. They may procure from the district headquarters. of which there are only four. warrants authorizing them. at a day and hour fixed in the warrants. to make a search for illegal entries supposed to be harbored therein.