Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Immigration - Border citizens have opinions
So what DO the locals think?...
The Houston Chronicle gives us the ranchers opinion:
"HEBBRONVILLE — The Border Patrol is bigger than ever, but South Texas ranch manager Bill Hellen says he still sees more illegal immigrants than ever.
When the Border Patrol put up a new checkpoint along the highway, he said illegal immigrants simply slashed his cattle fences and sneaked through his ranch.
And he doesn't see that changing any time soon, even with President Bush's promise of 6,000 new agents along the border.
"All the ranchers surrounding the checkpoint say the same thing," he said. "It's just a constant strain of illegal aliens on our pastures."
Many experts and critics agree with Hellen that building up the Border Patrol hasn't done much good. Border Patrol has doubled in size between 1995 and 2005 to 11,500 agents."
