New Border Patrol chief says southwest border secure
Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 07:28PM
TheSpook
The new chief of the U.S. Border Patrol said
Tuesday the nation's southwest border is secure, even as hundreds of
thousands continue to cross illegally and the Sept. 11 commission
cautioned terrorists could be among them. "We have implements ... to
ensure that even if they get past the border, they're going to be
caught up in that net of enforcement," said Chief David Aguilar. The
Border Patrol has cameras, agents and other resources to catch illegal
immigrants at and beyond the border, Aguilar said during a stop in
Laredo to publicize the next phase of an ad campaign to discourage
would-be migrants. Using television, radio, newspaper and bus station
ads in their hometowns throughout Mexico and Central America, the ads
tell would-be illegal immigrants: "No mas cruces en la frontera." The
slogan translates to "No more crossing the border" but in this case,
the word "cruces" also means "No more (cemetery) crosses at the border." [more ]
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