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There has been hardly a field In the Southwest where king cotton reigns where the white cotton boll fields were not plucked by these toilers and laborers. There has hardly been a road built in my State of Texasand we prize ourselves in Texas in having the most efficient. the most effective. and the best built highway system in the whole 50 sweat and toil of these laborers. I do States of the Unionbut not one of those roads has been built without the not mean these illegal aliens. I mean their blood brothers. those who have come to the United States in the past. who have come here legally. and who came to our shores in a period of time In which there was very little differential or markings along our border. Until 1924. or thereabouts. the crossings along our border of 2.000 miles from Texas to California were at will. There were no such things as visas. or 1day border pass permits. there were no such things as immigration procedures. All you had to do if you wanted to cross over one of the bridges that had been constructed would be to pay a toll of about 5 cents. and you could cross at will. There was little to denote the border other than the river in Texas. the desert sands in Arizona. and a few landmarks along the California and New Mexico border.