Sir G. Rumor Mill was gracious enough to grant me agent status. I couldn't agree with you more . texas is under seige and well California has become an oasis for illegals . Spater ..

: The tide of illegal immigration and illegal drugs is
: overwhelming the resources of local towns and federal law
: enforcement.

: EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
: By Mike Blair

: Mexican and other illegal aliens from Central and South
: America are flooding across America's border in numbers
: that are increasing daily.
: The situation is "just out of control, in terms of both

: illegal drugs and illegal immigration", Border Patrol
: agents have told the SPOTLIGHT.
: More than 8,270 Border Patrol officers stand guard over the
: 2000-mile border which spans several states. But agents say
: they face an impossible task to try to stem the tide of
: immigration.
: In Douglas, Arizona., one of the most dangerous border
: crossing points in the southwestern states, the number of
: illegal aliens caught increased by 500 percent in five
: years. There was a daily average of 147 crossing in 1995
: compared to 729, according to the Border Patrol.
: The situation is the same in border crossings at El Centro,
: Calif, and Del Rio, Tex., but the rugged terrain there
: makes it difficult and dangerous for Border Patrol Agents
: to catch illegals.
: The SPOTLIGHT previously reported that the Mexicans army and
: the federales, the national police, are scouting border
: crossing points for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers
: making it more difficult for law enforcement to police the
: border without creating an international incident.
: Several months ago, Mexican soldiers in two American made
: Humvee scouting vehicles crashed through a border fence and
: fired on Border Patrol Agents. Several were detained but
: were subsequently released by orders from possibly the
: Clinton White House.
: Mexican officials deny the incident took place.
: Making matters worse is the fact that Mexican drug cartels
: have placed bounties on the heads of Border Patrol Agents
: and Drug Enforcement Agency personnel, forcing U.S.
: officers to take extraordinary precautions to protect
: themselves and their families.
: HELPING THE POLICE
: In Arizona, residents are allowed to detain illegal aliens.
: Since October, the Border Patrol has documented 32 cases of
: Arizona residents detaining illegal aliens, sometimes at
: gunpoint.
: Last year, Douglas rancher Roger Barnett, who owns a
: 22,000-acre cattle spread, apprehended more than 1000
: illegal aliens he caught on his land. Barnett detained the
: Mexicans before turning them over to the Border Patrol.
: In Texas, citizens groups detaining illegals may be accused of
: false imprisonment, but Border Patrol agents believe they
: are justified. Texas landowners along the border find their
: property ravaged by intruders from south of the border, the
: agents point out.
: Although the Border Patrol frowns on the use of guns by
: residents living along the border, many agents realize that
: the aliens, who often mingle with drug smugglers, are armed
: and pose a threat to American landowners and their
: families.
: Samuel Blackwell, a 75 year-old Arkansas retiree, is accused
: of shooting an illegal alien trespassing on his land.
: Blackwell said he was just trying to protect his family and
: property.
: The family of the deceased Mexican has filed a $15 million
: wrongful death lawsuit against Blackwell.
: During the first nine months of this year, only 14 out of the
: 239 Mexicans who died sneaking across the border were shot,
: the rest died of heat exhaustion and drowning.
: Some border ranchers are sympathetic toward the illegals
: making the crossing. Some leave plastic jugs of water out,
: only later to find the bottles littering the landscape,
: along with human waste and debris.
: Reform party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan is making a
: campaign issue out of the continued influx of illegal
: Mexican aliens into this country while his major opponents,
: Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush, are hoping
: that more Mexicans will vote for them than anyone else.
: Buchanan recently visited the Mexican border between the
: United States and Mexico to see the situation for himself.
: He has since become popular among Americans who live along
: the border, especially ranchers who guard against illegal
: aliens trespassing on their properties.
: Buchanan maintains that American military troops should be
: brought home from around the world to secure America's
: borders, especially in the Southwest.

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: Edited by Robinhood..The Republican and Democratic parties
: have dropped to an all time low of 35% of all registered
: eligible voters.