Finally. my father was able to make contact with Mexico City. get some money. bribe the prison officials and they met in Monterrey. just about the time Poncho Villa was laying seige to the city of Monterrey. So they came to the United States the only way the poor could at the time. and that was on the main railroad line through Central Mexico into Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. They met in Monterrey. got on that train. got to Laredo. did not like Laredo. but when they crossed that bridge. there was not any immigration official. there was not any custom official. all they had to do was pay 5 cents for a toll for each one. because that was what the bridge. privately owned. charged in order to use it. The bridge that then existed between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. So they stayed on the train until they got to San Antonio. and then. of course. the rest is a very interesting but personal history. it has no relevance. I say this because we still have citizens who have been in the United States for more than 80 years but who cannot prove the fact that they are here legally. At no time has the Congress ever legislated on immigration matters except out of fear. The present fear is. "We have got to regain control of our borders." as if we ever had it. Who are the ones that are saying this?
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