The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
MILLIONS REAPEO BY
ROOT;gssoslGaING ALIENS
UUu'I 4Rp ~
TINS OF THOUSANDS Or
r1cNERs ARE STRUGGLED IN
TO u. S. EVERY YEAR.
UNCLE SAM is TAKING NOTICE

Human Freight Flowing From Mex
;co Canada and the Seas.
Rootlegging aliens has become an
established industry in the United
States. Taking its place beside the
bookkeeping of liquor and of dope in
the extent OF its operations, this new
business seems fairly on the way to
rival them in the amount Of money
involved.
Drring the fiscal year which ended
ms, Jew months ago nearly l5O,OOO
liens, il is estimated, were Struggled
into the United States. AT the same
time International rings which did the
smuggling pocketed nearly S30,O00,0OO
IN Ices" And the business is on the
irving to Curb Traffic.
The federal government has taken
extraordinary measures to curb this
tratfic in human beings, but they are
stopether inadequate. This new bust
ness has developed from hap-hazard
border running into a thoroughly or
oanized and powerful combine. 1t has
Tsnifcations throughout the old world
and the new 1t corrupts law enforce
ment officials when it can and dehes
them when it cannot.
For the smuggler aliens offer great
er profits than rum and drugs do and
less risk. for the contraband does not
lave TO be marketed. Charging what
thew think they can obtain, the snug
gler rings take amounts ranging from
few dollars to several thousand dol
lars from each alien they handle.
Canada Main Gateway.
Canada, investigators have found, is
the principal headquarters OF the
smugeler rings, half OF them being
located there. Fifty rings are located
in Montreal alone, it is asserted, and
more than half of last years 10000
smuggled foreigners came into the
United States by way OF the Canadian
border.
The usual system of the smuggling
from Canada is to bring the aliens
from some foreign country to Canada
and thence across the St. Lawrence
and Niagara rivers and the Great
Lakes into the United States. AT the
same time thousands OF Canadian res
idents each year come to the United
States apparently for visits, but act
ually they never return.
A share also comes from Mexico
across the Rio Grande. 1t is estimat-
ed that the number of Struggled aliens
from this source is, only about 8,OOO
year, however, in addition to Mex1-
cans who visit" the United States
but iail to return to their homes.
Thousands more aliens are snug
gled into the country along the At.
lantic and Pacific coasts, many OF
them making their way to the shore
as stowaways on ships. Regular fleets
Of small boats are operated to carry
them to Hand, however, for fees rang
ing from 500 to $500 for each person.
Men, women and children are snug
gcd into the country in this manner.
Supply Stations Filled.
Most of the bootleg immigrants
come to the United States from Eu-
rope, although not directly. There are
certain halfway stations where the
smugglers keep their human freight
until the time is ripe for them to slip
into this country. Among these sta
tons are Cuba-where it is said that
$4,000 aliens now are waiting to be
smuggled into the United States-sand
Bermuda as we'll as the Philippine
Islands.
Though most of the aliens are snug
gled into the United States under, the
cover of darkness and secretly, there
are some who enter boldly. They
travel on forged credentials.
Some OF the aliens have tried to
get into the United States a dozen
different times. Deportations IS the
only punishment for an alien who IS
caught after being smuggled INTO
America.
Tragedy Trails Romance.
Nothing in the history of smuggling
IS SO romantic-or so tragic-as this
traffic in human beings Thousands OF
aliens sell themselves into virtual sia-
very as the price of their entry INTO
the land of promise" Others are
caught by the American authorizes
and sent back to foreign lands, while
thousands are robbed of everything
they possess by the smugglers.
A big majority of the aliens, now
ever. get into the United States sue
cessiully. Once here they quickly be-
come lost in the big cities and never
are detected unless they attract the
attention of immigration authorizes
by some misdeed.
The smugglers are aided in their
business by hundreds of contederafes
and spies living in all parts OF the
United States. These persons provide;
safe harbors for struggled aliens. and
Keep the smugglers informed OF the
movements of the authorities. Often
respected and influential citizens-andi
not few public officials-are allied
with the alien smugglers in one way
oTtanother, it has been charged.
Uncle Sam Is on the Job.
Uncle Sam, however, is not sitting
ldie while this tide of illegal human
I9elght is being poured through ms
Gtoors by the outlaws. Not long ago
ne border patrols-oficials who guard
FaSt motor cars were bought to be
Ised IN chasing smugglers, and all the
border officers were instructed to
moot and ask questions afterward,
me Mexican and Canadian boundaries