Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heart of S. 2222 are three provisions designed to curb illegal immigration of Mexican farm workers. This is what Simpson calls "a three-legged stool." S. 2222 would reinforce the Southern border patrol, punish employers who hire illegal aliens and ease identification of undocumented workers. But these are three wobbly legs...
...strengthen the Immigration and Naturalization Service's border patrol, the bill "expresses the sense of the Senate" that more funds be allocated to the patrol. But it neither authorizes nor appropriates such funds. Beyond that, the bill also calls for a "user's fee" for aliens seeking access to the U.S. border. One wonders how many migrants determined to flee Mexico's desperate poverty would actually be deterred by such an admission charge, or how many would even be aware of its existence...
...Border Patrol agents caught more than 34,000 illegal aliens trying to enter Texas last month, or about 23% more than a year outside. Last week agents armed with infrared scopes that can spot movements in the dark apprehended nearly 1,200 Mexicans near San Diego in one day alone...
Women, children and grandparents are caught regularly, but most of the immigrants are young men of working age. Jack Richardson, chief patrol agent of the Del Rio, Texas, sector on the border, recently polled 364 arrested aliens and found that 67% were under...
...appreciate CBS for charging in its program The Uncounted Enemy: A Viet Nam Deception that Pentagon Hero William Westmoreland knowingly underestimated the strength of enemy forces. Prior to the 1968 Tet offensive, I could not go on a patrol without seeing numerous North Vietnamese troops. As those who were on the scene can attest, the number of encounters with skilled North Vietnamese fighting men increased greatly between mid-1966 and Tet. But what does a foot soldier know...