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Border Patrol vows large force expansion to halt wetback invasion
Border Patrol chief Hawon B Carter announced a major offensive to triple manpower along the US Mexico border to curb a reported surge of Mexican laborers. Immigration chief Herman Landon cited Attorney General Herbert Brownell backing the campaign, citing fears of job displacement and crime. Local officials pointed to Imperial Valley and Yuma Valley as focal points with patrols stretched thin over 19 miles. Wetbacks were said to work for as low as 40 cents an hour, versus American farm wages of about 70 cents or more.
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Haron B Carter
Border Patrol
Washington
United States
Herman Landon
Los Angeles
U . S. Immigration Service
Herbert Brownell
Southwest
Brownell
Ed Parker
California
Imperial Valley
Arzona
Yuma Valley
Carter
Las Vegas
New
Grand Canyon
Aizona