Regards, Ivan
Posted on 04/12/2006 11:19:20 PM PDT by MadIvan
UNDOCUMENTED migrants are rushing to Mexico's border with Arizona, encouraged by the prospect of a guest-worker programme in the United States and anticipating a toughening of border security that would make a dangerous journey even more perilous.
Detentions by the US border patrol in south-central Arizona, the busiest migrant-smuggling area, are up by more than 26 per cent since 1 October - 105,803, compared with 78,024 for the same period last year. Along the entire US- Mexico border, arrests have risen by 9 per cent.
Many migrants say they are being encouraged by relatives in the US, who are betting on the approval of a bill in Congress that would legalise some of the 11 million undocumented migrants in America.
Francisco Ramirez, 30, recently passed through Sasabe, a one-road town on the Arizona border that is a magnet for crossers, with dreams of heading to Minnesota, where two of his brothers milk cows on a ranch. "My brothers said there is plenty of work there and that it looks like they will start giving [work] permits," he said.
Maria Valencia, a spokeswoman for US Customs and Border Protection, said more detentions do not necessarily mean there are more people crossing. She said an increased number of border patrol agents has meant a greater proportion are getting picked up. "We've sent more technology and agents there, and I think that's had an impact," she said.
But Francisco Loureiro, who has managed a migrant shelter for 24 years in the nearby town of Nogales, said many more migrants are heading north. In March, an average of 2,000 stayed at the shelter - 500 more than in March 2005.
Mr Loureiro said he saw a similar spike in illegal migration in 1986, when the US approved legislation allowing 2.6 million undocumented migrants to get US citizenship.
"Every time there is talk of legalising migrants, people get their hopes up," he said.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Ping.
Bring 'em on in. Let the good times roll mama. Let's really sink this economy until there is a revolution or a Civil War.
There is no reason to overlook the danger of having an imaginary border to the North.
Thanks senate!
(sarcasm)
Pay your taxes - these people are going to need it.
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Exactly.
Enough talk... enough political posturing.
The tea party, and its inevitable aftermath, are just around the bend.
Our Nation is irretrieveably broken; time to start over again.
Sitting here thinking the unthinkable.
Shhhh. We are going to have our congress grant the EEvil Boosh administration first strike on Iran. The Dims will demand a draft, and violaa! Every time a person goes to Western Union to transfer money, they get entered into the draft lottery once per $20. It is a win-win, and we hope to attract at least 600,000 motivated temporary workers to head over to Iran and a few of the -Stans. It beats the heck out of hanging around Mexico and South America. Where else can people of simple means travel the world with all expenses paid, meet interesting folks with peculiar habits, and be highly trained with a plan to kill them all if necessary ;) The Saudi government should not hold an exclusive on "other people fighting a proxy battle". Even taking Arab inbreeding into consideration.
I know.... :(
It makes me sick to think that we are so far gone we can't "right the ship of state". However, our "leaders" don't have the spine to lead; our Nation is being overrun, and the average Joe is finding it harder and harder to make ends meet - due to the unreasonable tax burden and corporate America making record profits using cheaper outsourced and/or illegal labor.
The end result will be bloody: VERY bloody. The pot is on the boil, and boilover is closer than many will admit.
"Maria Valencia, a spokeswoman for US Customs and Border Protection, said more detentions do not necessarily mean there are more people crossing."
What is she? An ostrich?
When an article begins with, UNDOCUMENTED migrants, I'm not reading any further.
Rush has been warning about this the whole week.
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