Arizona republican., 1906-07-13
A SlF FLING OUT
 OF ALIEN INSANE
The Mexican Government Will Take
 Care of Its Own.

As a result of an investigation begun several months ago, by the bureau of immigration, deportation will be made during the next two months of hun dreds of aliens now held in the terri torial insane asylum and county hos pitals. On Wednesday six inmates of the asylum were taken from that in stitution by officers of the immigra- tion department to Nogales. where they will be turned over to the Mexican of ticials. It is of interest in connection with the matter. which in the way of saving to the territory means consid- erable, to know that the deportation of Mexican citizens is the result of trivial argument.
 The inspector in charge of the dis trict of which Arizona is part, and George Webb, who is an official under him, were those interested in the ar engagement. On one of MT Webb's trips on official business to Fl Paso, the headquarters of the inspector in charge, during a conversation he made the statement that over 50 per cent of the inmates of territorial institutions of detention were MeXicans. The in spectOr insisted that that could not be the case. and authority was given MT. Webb to make an investigation and re-
 
 a mission that he visited Phoenix in the early part of April.
 Not only did he visit the territorial reform school. the territorial prison and the territorial asylum, but he se- cured from the sheriffs of the different counties a report of the situation at the different county jails and poor farms. In this county it will be re- membered that for @ period of three months 70 per cent of the inmates were Mexicans. The situation was not quite the same all over the territory. but the result MT. Webb submitted to his superior showed that he was correct in stating that the percentage was 50 or moro.
 The inspector at Fl Paso forwarded MT Webbs report to the department at Washington and the result was that the matter was taken up through Nthe state department with the Mexican government. Two weeks ago arrange ments were made for the returning to Mexico of a large percentage of the aliens now held in territorial institu- tions. The department of immigration so advised Mir. Webb, and he at once detailed three of his deputies, w. H. Bishop, K. c. Parks and William Mur- phy, to come to Phoenix and assist in the deportation or the aliens 10 M6Alco through the port of Nogales. Yester- day they were turned over to the Mex ican consul there
 The immigration laws of the United States provide that all aliens are charges of their native country should they at any time become charges at any charitable institution in the United States. The rule was. not very rigidly enforced, especially in Arizona. It was for some time a notorious fact that all of the immigration laws were but half heartedly enforced along the Mexican border previous to the location of Mir. Webb here by the immigration depart ment. Mexican labor was very desir- able in this country, particularly with the increased amount of railroad build ] ing there has been in recent years. To allow that class of immigrants to en- , ter, the officials had become lax in their methods. and it was during such a ' period that the greater number of the irresponsible aliens secured entrance to the territory.
 ! It is not considered likely that other than Mexicans will be depOrted, since