Their illegal importation has certainly been greatly reduced as a result of the vigilance of our customs officers. I think they have done more to prevent the illegal importation of narcotics than has any other agency or body. I believe the cut in the appropriation for the Bureau of Customsa bureau which undertakes to prevent and detect fraud. collusion. smuggling. and the importation of narcoticsvery similarly will have an effect to that brought about by the failure to provide adequate protection against illegal immigration. A million wetbacks enter the United States illegally every year. Yet because of our parsimony and our false economy we do not provide sufficient appropriations to prevent that illegal immigration or to make possible the apprehension and deportation of those who enter the country illegally.
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