The Acting Commissioner further stated at the same hearing: Late in the fiscal year the Service was implored by citizens associations. chambers of commerce. and local peace officers to use all possible resources toward controlling the hordes of illegal aliens flooding the Southwest. Reports of robbery. rape. and pillage by wetbacks in that area provided ample testimony to the fact that the situation was. and remains. serious indeed. In the light of the extreme urgency of the situation on the Mexican border. borderpatrol units assigned to seaport work in the Baltimore. Norfolk. and Philadelphia areas. were withdrawn for the purpose of strengthening the force on the southern border.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing that illegal aliens are responsible for robbery, rape, and pillage.