The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08
NEA Service Writer

Washington The Department of Labor estimated awhile ago that there were 400, 900 aliens in the United States who had entered the country illegally and that about one in four would be found deportable if they were all apprehended.
 That would mean that one person in every 200. of population could be deported. Of course the one in 1 200 becomes, for many reasons, very hard to find. The proportion of potential deportees rounded up and sent away each year increases or diminishes with the intensity of the effort made by the immigration service. Lately the effort has been more vigorous.
 The Labor Department, however, made it's estimate reluctantly and only when ordered to do so by Con- gress. It is admitted that there is very little basis even for conjecture. either as to the number of illegal en- trants already here or the number dribbling in each year. When one in four is held to be deportable, however. the guess is. based on the since July, 1924. inasmuch as those who came before that may not be deported.
 'sSeamcn's Route, Blocked
 Atsone time the so-called "sea- mems route" was the most popular method of illegal entry. There are about million arrivals of seamen in American ports every year and it was not hard to enlist on vessel in foreign port and desert here on arrival. In 1924 about 35,O00 sea- <l s-Ax~ A Most of them probably stayed here. although some merely changed | ships. v But then it was decided to hold the owners of vessels to greater re- sponsibility and that's why last year | the number of assertions had dwindled to 5000. Immigration in- spectors now visit the incoming ships and examine the crew. A steamship company may be fined $1,00O ir every case where men are permitted 1 ton or where they fail to keep or board any man whose detention has been asked by the inspectors. Foi awhile these fines ran into lot oi
 money and the lines began to select their crews more carefully, although last year they paid $257,00O in fines for immigration law lapses.
 No one knows how many stowa- ways get into the country each year but the annual catch averages about a thousand.
 'Crashers". on Increase
 Drastic efforts of the government to restrict immigration by refusing
 to issues visas, a policy adopted last fall, has increased the number of attempts to crash in. as did ths application of the quota system. {
 Immigration authorities find thai aliens who are smuggled in ol smuggle themselves in have usually been in correspondence with some. one in this country, receiving advice as to the best means of entry. A border patrol of about 1000. trained men is maintained to protect thu land borders and certain danger spots on the Gulf of Mexico and 1T Florida.
 At the present time, local authori. ties of many communities whicf
 have unemployment problems ars cooperating with the immigration service in the hope of ridding them selves of all deportable aliens.
 When an immigration inspector
 has information indicating that {
 particular alien may be subject ts Appropriations he applies to the Labol Department for warrant of arrest
 submitting the available evidence
 The alien, when arrested, is giveI
 which he may have the benefit o