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Getting into America illegally is one of the easiest crimes to commit and one of the least punished. Says Chapman: "An illegal alien who is caught has to be one of the unluckiest fellas in the world." Most of the illegal immigrants who arrive in the U.S. cross the 2,000-mile-long Mexican border, where a small number of federal agents are overwhelmed by the size of their job (see box page 30). Professional smuggling rings provide guides for a fee ranging from $100 to $1,000, forged papers from $300 to $1,200, depending on the quality...
Once an alien is settled in America, he seeks legitimacy as fast as possible. The easiest route is marriage. If he weds a U.S. citizen, he can become a legal resident. A brisk trade flourishes in quickie, temporary marriages; for a fee of around $1,000, many American men and women will offer to wed an illegal alien. The couple are soon divorced; the alien wins the right to stay in the country while the American is ready for the next match. If a marriage partner is not available, an illegal alien can use another close relation to gain legality...
...easiest kind of modern art to appreciate is the kind that if fun. A fun kind of modern art is the kind that moves and creates different effects with each shift of position. But when the observer is the one who actually makes the piece of art move, you have the most fun kind...
Which is, perhaps, the easiest way possible of cutting down disappointment with the assignment system...
...Harvard, if this wasn't the easiest game of the year then the Larries didn't have 15 Canadians on their roster, seven from Nova Scotia alone. But they did, and the game was boring, so boring that Crimson goalie Brian Petrovek put in a wake-up call for eight o'clock this morning...