South Texas: The New Hot Spot For Illegal Crossing
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[URL="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/263896729/south-texas-the-new-hot-spot-for-illegal-crossing"]NPR Link[/URL]
[quote=NPR]As the U.S. government has militarized the California and Arizona segment of the Southwest border over the last two decades, illegal crossers have moved to another area. South Texas has become the new border hot spot.
The Rio Grande Valley is also the closest route to Central America. Two-thirds of those caught crossing are from that troubled region.
The Border Patrol and local authorities are straining to keep up.
Fleeing Poverty And Murder
In Reynosa, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Texas, is Casa del Migrante, a Catholic-run shelter.
It's a cement-block building with a large dining room, separate dorms for men and for women and children. It's a relatively safe place in what can be a dangerous city for migrants like Mario Torres.
The soft-spoken 25-year-old has already traveled 1,500 miles from his home in Honduras. He paid fees to guides and bribes to bandits. Better than staying home, he says.
"I couldn't find work," he says. "I came with my wife. We came together, the two of us. The criminals, they killed one of her brothers. We had to come because they were threatening us."[/quote]
oh greaaat.
having an opinion about this will make [I]somebody[/I] hate you.
I just don't understand. Why do we keep spending so much money sending people back to Mexico. If we eased restrictions on citizenship and granted amnesty to people in the country already we could poof over a million tax payers out of thin air. It just makes more sense.
Unfortunately it's one of the most dangerous parts to cross
[QUOTE=Cockslap;43601010]having an opinion about this will make [I]somebody[/I] hate you.[/QUOTE]
It's better to have an opinion than to stay on the sidelines.
as long as you do proper research on the subject and are open to change your mind in case your stance is proved wrong.
Hasn't Texas [b]always[/b] been the immigration hot spot, though?
[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;43601038]I just don't understand. Why do we keep spending so much money sending people back to Mexico. If we eased restrictions on citizenship and granted amnesty to people in the country already we could poof over a million tax payers out of thin air. It just makes more sense.[/QUOTE]
Most of the people are poor and would cost more in welfare then they would add in taxes.
we could also help mexico rather than kill brown people in the middle east so there isn't a need for them to immigrate
[QUOTE=JayFeather1337;43601594]we could also help mexico rather than kill brown people in the middle east so there isn't a need for them to immigrate[/QUOTE]
Oh really? And how would roflstomping around in Mexico City with a brigade of M1A2s help in any way?
[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;43601038]I just don't understand. Why do we keep spending so much money sending people back to Mexico. If we eased restrictions on citizenship and granted amnesty to people in the country already we could poof over a million tax payers out of thin air. It just makes more sense.[/QUOTE]
Good luck poofing a million jobs out of thin air too
[sp]although it is the right attitude to have[/sp]
I don't really know much about it, but isn't Texas like, the LAST place you want to be in as an illegal immigrant?
[QUOTE=sgman91;43601526]Most of the people are poor and would cost more in welfare then they would add in taxes.[/QUOTE]
show me the numbers
[QUOTE=Mackalda2k6;43601038]I just don't understand. Why do we keep spending so much money sending people back to Mexico. If we eased restrictions on citizenship and granted amnesty to people in the country already we could poof over a million tax payers out of thin air. It just makes more sense.[/QUOTE]
If Mexicans want to move to the US so much, why not just annex Mexico?
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