Speech #820170005

Some of them are legally entered aliens. and some of them are illegally entered aliens. It is not pressing the point at all to say that along with the influx of these aliens they have brought many social and economic problems to our communities in southern California. Particularly is that true of the illegally entered Mexican aliens. because they come across without any screening at all by the immigration authorities. as to their qualifications in any way. including their condition of health. We have had many cases where people who have come into California illegally have brought diseases with them. particularly tuberculosis. It has presented quite a problem to our county health authorities and to our immigration authorities. We have approximately 200 miles of CaliforniaMexico border line between the two countries. and possibly four legal ports of entry. Between those legal ports of entry there are many hundreds of miles of desert waste lands. which it is impossible to patrol with our limited immigration forces. Better prevention of illegal entrants could be obtained if we had more members of our immigration and naturalization patrol on the border. They are all overworked. It is true our police stockades in and near our ports of entry are filled with illegal entrants.