This limit put two well established alien crossing points well beyond the 21 mile limit. Aliens crossing at these two points are unrestricted in their movements. These restrictions have been imposed under conditions where the rising tide of illegal immigrants is everywhere present and the need of effective enforcement is greater than ever before. For the first 8 months of calendar 1971. the El Paso sector of the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 43.732 aliens. compared with 34.692 in the same period last year. In July. the total was 6.228. and in August it was 7.942. This is no time to reduce forces and let the cars run out of gas for lack of funds.
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