San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
ALIENS AWAIT
|CHANCE FOR
I ILLEGAL ENTRY
Syrian Babe With Parents
Arrested Here Mon
day Morning.
FFICERS TIPPED OFF
plain W. H. Hanson Says
Alien Smuggling Bad
as Ever.
FFICERS TIPPED OFF

Indifferent to the strange faces
gathered about him and utterly uncon-
cerned with the dilemma facing his
parents, an 1S-month ALLEN played on
the office floor of the district immi-
grafton headquarters in the Hicks
building, Monday morning, while i'm
migrant officials were taking state
Ihents. from his parents.
A Syrian alien and his wife and
child were apprehended by immigrant
Officers as they stepped off the I.-G.
N. train from Laredo early Monday
morning. Immigrant officials allege
that the Syrian family entered the
United States illegally.
Hearing that two Syrian adults
and child had slipped by the first
line of defense flung along the Mexi-
can border to check the flow of unde-
sirable aliens. Inspector Mullen of
Laredo boarded the north-bound train
Sunday night. At Webb station. about
90 miles from Laredo, the Syrian fam
lily boarded tn etrain. They were ap-
pretended upon their arrival here.
May Have Been Struggled.
Although up until Monday noon no
complete statement had been obtained
from either of the adults, it is be-
~-fieved that they were Struggled across
: the river in boat near Laredo. How
] they made their way from the river
to the point where they boarded the
train has not yet been ascertained.
I With the return Of Capt. w. NJ.
Hanson, inspector in charge of the
, San Antonio immigration district,
from Laredo. comes the news that fol-
lowing the temporary lull. the battle
of the hordes of undesirable European
and Asaitic aliens on the Mexican side
of the Rio Grande to enter the United
States is being waged with an inten-
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sity not heretofore experienced. Mex
leo City and Monterey are filled with
undesirable aliens who are waiting an
opportunity to cross the border, ac-
eording to reports received by Cap
tain Hanson.
No better verification Of these re-
ports can be had than the reports
of the large number of aliens appre-
hended within the vicinity of Laredo
during the last two or three days. Last
Friday night, party of nine aliens of
various nationalities were apprehend-
ed at Webb station. On the preced-
ing day two aliens were picked up
on the San Antonio road near La
: redo. One was apprehended on the
Rio Grande near Laredo, Sunday.
a. Monterey Clearing House.
"A greater number of aliens than
ever before are attempting to Illegal
ly enter the United States" Captain
Hanson said. This influx of unde-
sirable aliens into the United States
is undoubtedly directed by a number
of organized smuggling gangs special
izing in the business of bringing
. aliens from Europe and Asia to the
northern and eastern cities of this
country
Because of the advantageosu con-
!. nections between Mexican sea ports
p. and Monterey, that city is the clearing
Z house for the alien smuggling organi-
Z zations, immigrant officials here be-
/. ieve. And, because of railway con-
nections between Monterey and La
redo and San Antonio. European
aliens who are smuggled into this