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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...
...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...
Israeli military officials insisted that the attacks were retaliatory responses to cease-fire violations by the Syrians and the P.L.O., not a major escalation in the fighting. They blamed the Syrians for the ambush that took the lives of five Israeli soldiers on patrol in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday. Said a high-ranking official in Tel Aviv's Defense Ministry: "We are sending a message to the Syrians and to the besieged Palestinians: We will not let the situation develop into a war of attrition." Meanwhile, Fadel el Dani, 37, the deputy director of the P.L.O. office...