News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Homeland Security chief promotes immigration reform in Mexico visit

JULIE WATSON

Published: 02.16.2007

MEXICO CITY - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that immigration reform would let U.S. law enforcement focus on catching criminals instead of "future housekeepers and landscapers."

But he said Americans are unlikely to back any such reform until added security along the Mexican border convinces them that they're safe.

In his first official visit to Mexico, Chertoff told foreign reporters that the 6,000 National Guard troops who have been providing logistical support to the Border Patrol along the 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) line in May have dramatically deterred people from crossing. Arrests are down, while less people have been seen gathering to cross on the Mexican side, he said.

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