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Logan Utah Wednesday April 28 2004 — A9 Thousands cross Mexican border hoping for visas SASABE Mexico (AP) — decline ille-gAfter a four-yefrom Mexico immigration is spiking as several thousand migrants a day rush across the border in hopes of getting work visas under a program President Bush proposed Many also are trying to beat tighter security to come in June The US border patrol told The Associated Press that detentions — which it uses to judge illegal migration rates — jumped 25 percent to 535000 in the six months ending March 31 compared to a year ago Near Sasabe a town border-ing the Arizona desert that’s the busiest illegal border crossing area! an average 2000 people arrive daily On a recent day at a break fence outside in a barbed-wir- e Sasabe about 300 migrants scrambled out of 10 trucks and four vans within 30 minutes with their smugglers who led crowds along a worn trail As the sun set they disappeared into rolling hills that hide the treacherous desert Raudel Sanchez a farm worker said he wanted to get back to his job at a Minnesota ranch Sanchez crossed into die United States through Sasabe three years ago but says the journey is getting more difficult He walked three days in the desert and was out of water when he was caught in Arizona and deported Undeterred he said he planned to take a bus to Altar a northern city about 70 miles ar ' al from the border where migrants hire smugglers From there he planned to head back to Sasabe and cross again “It’s already very hard to cross but it's going to be even harder” he said in Nogales “I need to try again at least one more time and if I fail I’ll go back home” Many migrants are betting on the approval of Bush’s migration proposal which faces an uphill battle in Congress About 75 percent of those arrested are Mexican while the rest are from Central America and other places US customs officials said In January Bush proposed a plan that would to undocustatus legal give mented migrants already working in the United States and to those outside the country who can prove they have been offered a job Because it’s hard to get a job offer while in Mexico many are heading north now hoping to get settled before a program is in place Mark Krikorian executive director for the Center for Immigration Studies a group that favors stricter immigration policies said the rise in illegal migration also shot up in 1986 when an amnesty was announced "Illegal aliens will respond to the messages the government sends” Krikonan said “When we send the message that we are thinking about amnesty they decide it may be worth it to try to cross" Illegal migration had been : guest-work- er patrol is more effective particularly in the Tucson sector" he said ' But Mexican officials are also seeing an increase Grupo Beta a Mexican government-sponsore- d group that tries to discourage migrants from crossing and aids those stranded in die desert said 56000 migrants went through Sasabe in March compared to 41000 ' in March 2003 In Altar a farming town that has become the gathering point for those heading to Arizona street vendors sell back-:k- s water jugs and salt pills the thousands The modest homes around the plaza crowded with tripledecker bunk beds serve as makeshift motels for migrants AP photo almost always at Jose Felix left and Rodolofo Lopez both 20 and from Sinaloa They’re said Francisco Garcapacity Mexico wait In the streets of Sasabe Mexico on April 1 5 to cross over cia a former mayor who now into the United States from Sasabe Sonora Mexico Rodolfo Lopez volunteers at the town’s only vows that no number of planes helicopters tracks sensors or Border migrant shelter Patrol agents will stop him from sneaking into the United States “We’re a town with a popu- Mexico Gloria the Chavez the of US US declining along Customs and Border Protecborder since 2000 US border patrol figures show tion Bureau In the same period die bor- detentions dropped from 16 der patrol’s Tucson sector million in 2000 to 905000 in detained 70000 more people the fiscal year that ended last an increase of 49 percent Sept 30 DEAR PATTY: Remember when I There is no exact data on US Customs and Border wrote you and told you how much Protection Commissioner the number of people crossing I hated looking older what with in Bonner Robert an indication attributes But part illegally wrinkles crow’s eet crepey the of the jump to increased secuof increased traffic 535000 throat uneven blotches and dry rity “The main reason we’re illegal migrants were arrested skin You told me in your aging in seeing an increase apprealong the US Mexico border column about EB5 Facial Cream hensions is because the border from Oct 1 to March 31 said Well I bought a jar and I wish you Oil Service Transmissions -- Reader Had Wrinkles Loves New Discovery -- Brakes Alternators Tune-U- p Cooling System s P United Democrats State Safety Inspection Political Action Committee The Two Party System Provides True Checks and Balances Join Now! 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