The border war. (Insider Report).At least three Mexican soldiers violated the U.S. border near Ajo, Arizona For the airport with this IATA location identifier, see . Ajo is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,705 at the 2000 census. , on May 17th. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bill Strassberger, an Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS spokesman, the soldiers fired on a Border Patrol agent driving a clearly marked official vehicle. Congressman Tom Tancredo  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. (R-Colo.), a prominent immigration reform Immigration reform is the common term used in political discussions regarding changes to immigration policy. In a certain sense, reform can be general enough to include promoted, expanded, or open immigration, but in reality discussions of reform often deal with the aspect of proponent, points out that there have been 118 cross-border incursions by Mexican personnel since 1996-61 by military personnel and 57 by law enforcement agents. "In 90 percent of the cases," reported the May 23rd Washington Times, "the incursions appeared intentional...." One Mexican official insisted that the Mexican troops "are fighting against drugs, and sometimes they get lost in those areas -- there is no clear marking of the border." Rep. Tancredo offers a dramatically different perspective: "The concern is that there are people [including Mexican troops and police] coming through with arms, M16s, protecting drug carriers. And they are not lost." Last March, four Mexican soldiers armed with submachine guns This is a list of submachine guns with articles available on Wikipedia. Because the exact definition of a submachine gun can vary much from source to source it includes assault rifles chambered for submachine gun or pistol cartridges, some machine pistols, and personal defense and automatic rifles were detained following an encounter with Border Patrol agents. In October 2000, ten Mexican soldiers reportedly fired on U.S. law enforcement personnel. And in March 2000, two Mexican military vehicles supposedly conducting a drug interdiction mission fired shots on Border Patrol personnel. Why isn't Washington pressuring Mexico on the matter? Explains Rep. Tancredo: "We're afraid of pushing this issue too far because we recognize that if we can't rely on Mexico to curtail their own military or federal police, then we're going to have to put a lot more effort into securing our own borders, and that is the frightening thing." |
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