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The Border: an Issue of Mexico and the United States
Summary: Describes the way broder crossing affects both the United States and Mexico in various aspects.
Each year at least two million illegal border crossings from Mexico to the United States occurr. The United State's government has this like a big issue that has to be solved. This border is about 1,950 miles long and a very small portion of it is watched by the U.S Border Patrol. Many of the officers patroling the border think their mission is hopeless.
"'Eventually, virtually 100% will make it' says Williamson. `We may catch 75% tonight, but we turn back everyone but the OTM'sthat's the other-than-mexicans, 6, 7% who go to detention centers, and eventually get flown home'"1
Most of the two million incomers, that cross the border from Mexico to the
United States, are guided by a "coyote", or professional guide. Each coyote
guides about 12 Mexicans every night. Most coyotes work several nights a
week. On a regular border crosing the coyote leads the way to the opening,
where the...
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