Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-18
u. s.. Vice Consul to
This City Arrives
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die the work here without any diff
Guilty. That there will be consider
able for him to do is fully realized
by the new official and he is hoping
that within a few weeks he will be
given an assistant to handle much of
the stenographic and routine work.
1t was announced yesterday that
a liberal supply af application blanks
for those desiring passports to enter
the United States from Mexico
through the local port, have been re-
eeived at the Mexican immigration
office in Aqua Prieta. These may be
obtained by citizens of foreign coun-
tries in Mexico and by Mexicans at
once and F. l.. Mendoza of the Aqua
Prieta Chamber of Commerce stated
yesterday that he will aid those
wishing passports to fill out the ap
plication, certificates.
If the Mexican immigration Off
cials in Aqua Prieta are satisfied that
the applicant is OF such character as
to warrant his receiving a passport,
it will be issued to him at that Of
| flee. The passport must then be pre-
sented to Amsden who has the pow
er to wise it. The eligibility of the
person presenting the passport to en-
ter this country is determined by
Amsden and depends upon the indi-.
viduaPs character, his health, his fl
nancial status and his purpose in
crossing. The final step is then in
the hands of the u. S. immigration
/ officials who inspect the passport to
see that it has been properly vised,
Amsden stated Wednesday that it US
ually requires S5 to 40 minutes per
person ITO wise a passport. He has
the power, he explained, to issue two
! types of vise-tnat which is known
as the visitors wise" and which per-
mits the individual having it to re-
main in this country from six months
to year-and that known as the
! Immigration wise" which entities the
| holder to enter for an indefinite
length of time and which is good
upon every occasion in crossing and
recrossing the international line.
Amsden emphasized yesterday that
the U. S. immigration officials at the
border here will still have much pow
! er in the matter of who is allowed
to cross and that those who are
known to- them and who come and
go daily will probably not be forced
to obtain passports just to come over
for a few hours, Just to work and
return.
1t is necessary, however, the new
vice consul asserted, that both he
and the immigration officials of this
country live up to the very letter of
/ the law and not make undue excep-
tions. This is the more urgent in
Amsden's opinion because he states
that the United States has become the
goal of the whole world, especially
since the war and that any laxity
in the matter of admitting those not
entieled to admission might bring
serious results.
Just how soon the vice consul will
be able to start functioning, he was
unable to state yesterday He did
declare that the Nogales office has.
been very busy of late and that he
feels with his shift in position, the
Port of Douglas will attract many
folks wishing to trade from the Mex
lean side, who have been going to
Nogales.
If he is able to obtain suitable Of
flee space in Aqua Prieta the next
day or two he will probably be at
his desk by Saturday.
Prominent citizens and officials of
Aqua Prieta planned yesterday to
welcome Amsden this evening at a
banquet at the Club Social but in
view of the fact that most of the.
Douglas residents invited would not
be able to attend tonight, it is be-.
lieved that the dinner will be post
poned to later date
Anyone wishing to meet Vice Com
sui Amsden or to discuss problems
regarding his new position with him,
will find him at the Gadsden hotel
for the present.