El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-24

fine contained nearly a half million
individuals. To be exact, the number
was z55,96s, according to the annual
report Of +. ". Berkshire, supervisor
Of immigration for the Mexican bor-
der district lir- Berkshire's report
was completed Friday ard has been
sent 10 the state department and the
commissioner Of immigration.
OF the 455,963 border permits and
Identity cards issued during the fiscal
year ending July !. 1890, q total Of
416,T35 were TO tourists and 1925
were 70 residents along the border.
A comparison with figures for thu
year. preceding the last one win show
mat something made a vast differ
eucs- It may have been that. with
The war over, travel was beginning
to timber up, as there were certain
restrictions on foreign travel during
the year preceding the one Just past
Bur the 1act remains that the travel
thus lmbered up was largely toward
Mexican cases.
Travel Grows Enormously.
tourist travel across the border
during the fiscal year preceding the
about l-19th Of what IL was during
the last year. In other words, only
1880 persons who called themselves
tourists asked permission to 80 tenn
porarlly into Mexico during Tie last
year the United States was wet In
AaA--a AAAaAH were A4AAAa A4ll4 TWICE
many residents Of The border districts
who crossed into Mexico during the
fiscal year ending July ], 1913, as
tourists. The border residents who
crossed into Mexico with identity
cards numbered 30.163. The total
number Of permits issued for the
fiscal year ending July ], 1913, was
a4,=ha- This Is partly accounted for
by the fact that local residents were
unrestricted in their travel for only
nine months OF TIE fiscal year pre-
cedlnE this one and tourist travel was
unrestricted for only three months of /
the same year
OF the 418.735 tourists who filtered I
through border ports to Mexico dur 7
ing tne fiscal year just ended, S3.456 Z
Went By way o. Brownsville, laredo. I
Eagle Pass and west border points /
The number OF residents who went /
into Mexico on Identity cards through ]
II E9so was 56l0 For the last three /
months OF the fiscal year ending
suly l. 1919 the number Of tourists /
lnat went through Fl Paso was 503I.
The total number OF outbound citi- /
1sla nAnaled during the year reported ]
on was 47L722. The number 81 out-
pound aliens handed was 7437L
United states Lures lIexienns.
me total number OF aliens admitted /
10 the United States through border
perls during the last fiscal year vas
-at-lali after al exclusions were
made Most OF his number was
ION Mexico. OF the total. 6s.s16
were Wnat are called BY the immlEra-
ION authorities statistical alfens.H
me number Of unstatistfcai ALIENS
was bsfzo4- By statistical is meant
persons VINO come into The country as
= - 2 en- resldents- By unstatistical
Is meant aliens who come temporarily
10 work or to transact business
1he number OF persons debarred
-loln ne United states for the fiscal
year lor crimes. diseases, fmmoralitv
-na insanity was 1858. Thirty-sfr
! --sas were admitted for medical
Trouble with Aliens.
y -s l..llIll grafton authorities have ]
- SSl1si1eraD-e trouble with unde- .
s-La1is alens- The number excluded
eng inrnlral was 90 and the runhe- :
80 - aAt5r entry Tor the same rea- Z
60 ~ ~ me total number Of
Zen. 4eported for the year was 7s6-
7o-f - s- 49, eeeorllng 70 the re-
mite slavers 70 the border. OF he
Y persons excluded. 81 were lrsTi-
IS ana 80 Of them were men de-
-ounr -. =. they brought 2
moral Purposes OF the humber 5e-
.2rtsa 70 were procurers Of young I
ss SiessSiag taxes more space in Mr. 3
,pelalspns. The boundary line ~ ~
l-slI-cL IS about 3010 miles long anf 2
- - a-allons IT only 1e points. !
- a-.elase q 10 miles apart. More .
-a..1-4 are needed. not only to nre- z
-Slt smuggling, but 10 prevent the y
ny q aliens without Inspection. ii :
$50 Many persons. among them
l--a are smugEled into this q
.oul-1y a ven as contrabaud Goods Z
Jur1ng the year four officisIs 81 IRE I.
erElce we're killed; the thumb OF one %
= 1-9L or and one was mortallv y
1lA-e4 ln the line Of duty. D
Deserfer1 Caught.
TIE department has cautured 27z n
.ra1L eFaders and deserters and =
- --71 len over either 20 the MILF
a y q CIVIL federal authorities.
q 1lr- Berkshire's district srd ne =.
epott includes figures on Oriental I
esloents and picture brides. Tiha &
ZEN IA population OF California, ex- b
luslFs o. co1trabanuE, is 120550- and "
Z that number S7.27g are Tana1--e .
M me remainder Chinese From =
llF J. 4slls 70 February % 1900 n.
t-s picture brides We're BROUGHT 70 =,
ne United States from japan. Dur :
lg this uine-yaar period TIE - 2
nese population IN this f-uuigra4fo-, =
istriet increased 252 percent
me reeolnlue f7darion Is made that e
- - Z Slol ssallons be provided at =
|.r
70. - Eas9' douglas Naco. Nogales, Z
alexico and Tia 1uana- 81
4 y enrl,-nsFze officers and EMPLOYEES VI
I TINS district served in the armed a.
3rces OF the country during the war.
re report says, IN speaking OF the
erson1el. One, Capt. Oscar +. MI
2. was killed in action.
The number OF alien Agricultural o
.oorera admitted into the United
-ates across the Mexican border dur
ig the fiscal year was 21.2Sg. OF /
lat number 4a died; 1884 escaped- I
~ are said 20 havs returned to /
exec ana nine had their residence ]
ere leEalzed. This leaves q balance i
1858 employed under conditions
imposed at the time of their entry. II !
chinese Are q 7-robleu-
lns OF the problems before the j
ami grafton authorities the report I
". Is TIE disposition OF what Is left I
-1b Chinese refugees from Mexico /
no came into the United States with
e american eLpeditionary forces In
e rlary- 1871 OF the original nura-
= tive were doported 10 China.
ven went TO China voluntarily ana p
lneir own expense; one left for
ez1co az his own expense; two died
% one, who was permitted to 20 70
p Francisco az his own eLDenso. -
appeared and has not been found p
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