I am talking about the border between the Republic of Mexico and the United States of America. Let me give the Members a couple of startling statistics. Last year. in 1979. the Border Patrol between Texas and California apprehended 918.000almost a millionpeople. apprehended at a border and turned them back. That is more than 2.500 per day. The boat people. the Cubans and Haitians. important as that is. are a drop in the bucket to what is happening on the MexicanAmerican border. The Border Patrol people estimate that for every one they apprehend. at least two are not apprehended and. do indeed come into the United States. When they do catch them. of course. there is no penalty except to haul them back across the border so that they can try the next day. Let me give the Members a quote from Herbert Walsh. president of the Border Patrol Supervisors Association. Chief of the Tucson. Ariz.. sector.
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