Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Illegal Aliens. We Can't Stop Them


Oh my goodness! I grabbed the wrong image to upload. Of course Michelle Malkin is legal. She is, right? Yeah, I bet she is.


There, that's better. Try as they might, the Border Patrol can't stop a determined population from crossing from Mexico into the US. This from a Christian Science Monitor story.
They stream in. Today, the same as yesterday. The same as the day before. Backpacks are stuffed with bottled water, soap, chips, maybe an icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe. They wear sweaters and wool hats for the cold desert nights.

It often starts here, in Altar, 60 miles south of the Arizona border, at one of the largest staging points for would-be migrants attempting to cross into the US illegally. The travelers arrive from all over Mexico, Central America, even as far away as Colombia, and Brazil.

They are going to "El Norte." They tell you that, straight out. And if they don't cross this time, they will simply try again.

While debate in the US continues over immigration reform policy, here, on the south side of the border, there seems to be consensus that enforcement measures will deter almost no one. "Walls and lights and sensors and police fill our heads," says Dagoberto Martinez, "...but they don't make us turn back."

Read one young man's story which is typical of many.

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