cials for illegal immigrants in the Holy Land, who include tourists who overstay their visas, a number of self-appointed “constables” are helping to run down culprits by spying and demanding that persons on the streets reveal their immigration papers.
If found to have illegal status, the spies drag the victims to police headquarters and collect a trifling reward.
There is great consternation among Oriental Jews and others who are coming to dread their intimates for fear that they may be spies.
It is known that two Jews in Tel Aviv and two in Jerusalem have accepted commissions from the law vesting them with constabulary power in connection with illegal residents.
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