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Yes , it's still a training base. It's now the home of the Army Intelligence Center. The Army closed out the Intel School at Ft Devens nearly ten years ago and moved it out here. Everyone in MI passes through here -- enlisted, warrant officers, and commissioned officers. A lot of Air Force, Navy, and Marines. The airfield was lengthened and strenthened to serve as an emergency landing site for the space shuttle, even. Just the kind of place an illegal alien should be getting that warm, fuzzy, safe feeling.

Illegals like Federal land. They're safe there. The hottest crossing spots here in Cochise County are Fort Huachuca, Coronado National Memorial, and the San Pedro National Riparian Conservation Area. Until now, Fort Huachuca had only six MPs assigned to patrol the less populated areas of the post where the illegals were hiking around. Coronado had five or six rangers. San Pedro is run by The Nature Conservancy for the Feds, but seems to have no real permanent staff other than a couple of people selling tree-hugger trinkets at a house down by the river.