Arizona beheading raises fears of drug violence
Original Post Date: 30th Oct, 2010 - 1:48am
You know sometimes I wonder when all this craziness of drugs and immigrants going to stop? When is Obama going to attack this issue?
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Cross-border tunnel found, is longest ever
Officials showed off what they believe is the longest cross-border drug tunnel ever found along the California-Mexico border yesterday. The half-mile passage from a Tijuana house to a lot in Otay Mesa was used to transport cocaine and marijuana. Ref. Source 4f.
Tighter enforcement along the US-Mexico border backfired, researchers find
The rapid escalation of border enforcement over the past three decades has backfired as a strategy to control undocumented immigration between Mexico and the United States, according to new research that suggests further militarization of the border is a waste of money. Ref. Source 7k.
I agree its a waste of money. More should be done to create a buffer zone in mexico where people can find work.
Edited: Hunter on 23rd Apr, 2016 - 3:26pm
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Illegal immigrant numbers skyrocket at Mexican border:
The surge of illegal immigration quickly swamped border authorities, immigration courts and health and humanitarian workers, while sparking a political battle on Capitol Hill over the cause and proper response to the crisis. Ref. Source 4f.
Mexican Authorities Arrest Man in Killing of Border Patrol Agent
Original Post Date: 24th Jan, 2008 - 2:44pm
What a low-life! Something seriously need to be done about illegal immigration.
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Fewer than half of those nabbed at the border are from Mexico:
In the first six months of the year, 264,165 people were apprehended somewhere along the Southwest border, and 49.6 percent of them were from Mexico, according to data from the U.S. Border Patrol. Ref. Source 5f.