El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-08

4 TEXT time you long TO view the
IN ceiling OF a Juarez wet goods
emporium through an inverted
goblet. don't look for a good natured
friend and attempt 20 borrow an un-
expired Today border permit, to
which said friend may have legal
right, but you have not.
Immigration officials have de-
clared war on such violators- Here
tofore. there has been an inclination
to be tolerant toward the chap with
the borrowed border card. or even
toward the person VINO hau ai-ele-
such an instrument
Violntors Responsible
The campaign, instituted l5 e4uel
OF Is. B. Elfers. assistant district at
torney. was forced by the Vlolator
disreEard for laws governing use OF
Today permits had reached the stage
Of being a joke ia the opinion OF
those attempting 20 get By with an
ILLEGAL passport lmml graLlon olll-
GERS suggest that persons attempting
5okesmiths might feel restraint II l3eyy
knew that a maximum penalty OF 70
years in the federal penltentiarFr a
fine OF $4,000 or both, IS fiNed lor
anyone found guilty or sucn
charge
orders for vigorous enforcement Of
immigration laws, with especial re-
gard 70 the Today permit were IS
sued three weeks ago. The first
days campaigning resulted in the
hating OF more than Is persons who
had crossed or attempted TO cross the
border on permits issued 70 others
All were warned and permitted 70 60
Each day for two weeks saw repe-
d Hrur
Warnings were still issued
IL Looks Easy.
Procedure is simple A nervous in
diVidual presents his border card
BIS nervousness excites the suspicion
OF the immigration officer and the
individual IS invited 20 step of the
car for a moment He Is led into
iJust sign your name there" the
officer instructs.
As a rule there IS hesitancy. Most
OF the time, the Individual, without
signing. admits that he is using a
.-The Jokes on me-" is not an in
freuent commqeut-
Sometimes, instead OF going
through the signing process SC that
signatures may be compared, the one
halted IS taken into a room and in
vited to take oath that he Is cross
Ing on his own passport. Few peo-
pie Of any class have been found will
ing TO commit perjury, immigration
officers say.
The attitude held BY the general
public toward violation OF passport
laws is Illustrated by the varied
types Of persons halted. During the
last three weeks there has been list
ed among those stopped from the
president Of one OF the largest banks
IN Texas, who easily could have OBJ
tanned a passport for himself, to
demure woman teacher in a college
in the southwest
Some Are Forged
Not all the trouble comes from
borrowed Today permits IL Is al
most an every day occurrence TO find
passports altered, such as the chang
ing Of dates, TO -freshen up" an cut
Of date instrument or the substitu-
ton OF one name for another that
has been erased One instance OF
rubber stamp being 50 cleverly forged
as TO make detection almost impossi-
Bile has been found
Less trouble comes from the hold
ers Of permanent cards on which the
I picture Of the bearer has been placed
I To IS almost impossible 20 alter or
I tamper such an instrument without
I 10 being detected. and the unfailinE
rule at the bridge has been 70 arrest
any person found iu possession Of
such an altered card.
The big majority Of persons using
a borrowed border card adopted that
] method 10 escape the Inconvenience
Of a visit 20 the chamber Of COM
merce. and because stocks OF cards
are carried by many bell boys and
service car drivers, immigration Of
Ulcers say. The bellhop and taxi
driver. by their duties. are enabled TO
get many Today passports left by
tourists
SAY. boy. whereu I get a pass
4 porte" is common request adj
dressed TO beIIhops-