[Prokopton]

"The problem has simply gotten so big that we can't or won't or don't want to deal with it."

If we don't want to deal with the problem no amount of semantic gymnastics such as "guest status" will have any effect. The problem will only fester and grow.

[Parrot_was_devastating]

If we don't want to deal with the problem no amount of semantic gymnastics such as "guest status" will have any effect. The problem will only fester and grow

Mexico’s Southern Flank: a Crime-Ridden “Third U.S. Border”

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The most notorious gang, often likened to the Crips and the Bloods of Los Angeles, is the Mara Salvatruchas, composed chiefly of former members of the Salvadoran army who have been deported from Los Angeles and other American cities. These tattooed hoodlums, who number in the tens of thousands, style themselves as “migrant hunters.” They rob, mutilate, and murder the illegal aliens who jump off northbound trains approaching checkpoints at night. Aliens remaining on the “trains of death” often clamor about the box cars, falling off or getting crushed in the wheels. The bloodthirsty Maras also carry out car thefts and kidnappings, according to a Catholic immigrant-aid committee.