Anastasio Lawrence Amaya v. United States

LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

Striving to stem the swelling tide of “wetbacks” — illegal immigrants from Mexico — that is sweeping into the United States, for years American immigration authorities have progressively tightened their vigilance over the ramparts they watch.

“Pushed by swollen population, inflated prices, and unemployment,” says an article in the Stanford Law Review, 1 “pulled by the promise of work at a liv ing wage, [the wetbacks] are pouring across the border in what has become a full-scale invasion."

This invasion, the article continues, "in its current proportions constitutes a…