[FITZ]

For example --- a couple of my neighbors down the road are illegals. They decided to try California because there isn't much work around here and they heard the money is better there --- and were caught on their bicycles on I-10 almost at Deming. They got deported to Juarez and were right back the next day --- no worse for wear. It's not hard to cross right near town. I blame the smugglers and coyotes completely for luring the naiver types through the desert ---- but the smugglers are getting rich. Plus like you said ---- the smugglers of people are the same guys that are smuggling drugs.

[HiJinx]

Which is justification enough to step up enforcement along the border to stop the trafficking in both humans and drugs. There's one heck of a lot of crime involved in the smuggling of both.

So, why are others on this thread arguing for a lenient attitude toward illegal immigrants crossing through the desert? There must be some other agenda at work.