812.00Sonora/801
The Assistant Secretary of Labor (White) to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of a letter addressed to the Secretary of Labor under date of the 22nd instant by Under Secretary J. Reuben Clark, Jr., of your Department,64 with which was inclosed copy of a letter dated the 20th instant from Honorable John N. Garner, House of Representatives, together with a copy of a telegram of the same date which he had received from Mr. J. H. Frost of San Antonio, Texas, concerning a report that Mr. Haul Madero, a Mexican insurrectionist, who recently took refuge in the United States, is to be deported to Mexico.
General Raul Madero of the Mexican revolutionary forces entered the United States from Mexico near the port of Presidio, Texas, on or about April 8, 1929, in violation of the Immigration Acts of 1917 and 1924, and is subject to deportation for the following reasons, to wit:
- 1.
- That he was not in possession of an unexpired immigration visa at the time of entry;
- 2.
- That he was a person likely to become a public charge at the time of entry, and
- 3.
- That he entered by land at a place other than a designated port of entry for aliens.
The first and third grounds are admitted by the alien. Upon application of the District Director of Immigration at El Paso, telegraphic warrant was issued for the arrest of General Madero on the 15th instant, and on the same day a formal warrant of arrest was likewise issued. Upon the recommendation of the District Director of Immigration at El Paso, both the telegraphic and formal warrants contained specific authority for the release of this alien upon his own recognizance, provided the District Director of Immigration at El Paso was satisfied that the alien would appear when wanted.
There is no intention upon the part of the District Director of Immigration at El Paso, nor upon the part of this Department, to enforce the return to Mexico of General Madero so long as his life would be jeopardized by such action. It may be that he will sooner or later be given the election of departing to some other country of his choice. However, that is a matter which can be determined in the light of future developments.
I am [etc.]
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