Down there on the Rio Grande in south Texas we feel that our privateproperty rights are just as sacred and just as much to be preserved as those in the interior of the United States. If we say we are going to require that search warrants in the interior of the United States be issued by a recognized court. then we along the borders are also entitled to the same right. We have no objection to patrolling the Rio Grande. certainly I would agree to an amendment which left it at 1 mile. because I can see the necessity for patrolling the border. but I believe that the present amendment which sets a 25mile limit where border patrolmen can come into private property without a search warrant is arbitrary. We will find most border patrolmen are capable and of good judgment but in a force of that size some overzealous border patrolmen will abuse their authority. It would be a very serious thing to have happen to those border areas. Over in Russia today they have set up an iron curtain and they have condemned the land along the borders for an area of several miles for the purpose of catching people going across.
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