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Illegals Face a Gauntlet of Doom: The Border Patrol Faces Dopers, Terrorists, and the Desperate Victims of Coyotes. The 2,100 mile southern border of the U.S., with its treacherous mountain ranges, canyons, rivers and deserts, has become an uncontrollable stretch of violence, death, rape and exploitation. Over a decade ago, SOF rode with Border Patrol Agents in Arizona when the situation already seemed out of hand. One of those agents, now retired, recently contacted SOF with a disturbing and frustrated update, reflecting the deterioration of the Mexico-United States border. "In my career, spanning three decades, many of my friends and...

Closing the open door Posted: August 2, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Vox Day © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Individual freedom is at the center of all libertarian thought. Ever a lover of human liberty, Ronald Reagan hailed libertarianism for that very reason. Unlike the neosocialist Democratic Party and the neoconservative Republicans, the Libertarian Party is driven by a devotion to an idea instead of an unprincipled pursuit of power. But as is the case with academic theories whose connection to the real world is precariously tenuous, the sad state of freedom in America means that too many libertarian ideas go untested...

<p>MONTERREY, Mexico - The duet Air Supply was detained in the border city of Nuevo Laredo by Mexican migration officials after failing to provide documents to legally work in Mexico, officials said Friday. Air Supply had just finished a Thursday night concert as part of the city's annual carnival when eight agents from the National Migration Institute asked to see their work visas.</p>

WASHINGTON (CNN) - U.S. officials are sweeping Wal-Mart stores across the country in a bid to arrest about 300 illegal workers, law enforcement officials said Thursday.The arrests came as part of investigation into subcontractors that provide cleaning crews for Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. Many of those arrested were eastern European nationals who were coming off night cleaning shifts at various Wal-Mart locations, the officials said.