It is not only Del Rio and Eagle Pass that are playing hardball. Along the Big Bend of the Rio Grande illegls are hauled into Alpine, tried, fined, do time, and then for an additional punishment are driven by bus to Del Rio where they re-cross the border -- often hundreds of miles from where they started. Consequently, illegal crossing is very low in the region of the Big Bend national park. For those who visit that lovely park there is now an almost daily problem, smog from Mexico blanketing the region.
Well we have been reading everyone's pet opinions passionately defended for weeks. It is nice to see that the scientific method and rational problem solving are alive and well testing a hypothesis with a pilot program before committing billions on the basis of who shouts the loudest.
Grew up going to the big bend... LaJitas was new and we would cross there and go into Mexico for dinner. Nice part of the country...
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