Contextes de border pour le sens concret
million dollars and the addition of 1,790 new positions to increase
security at U.S. borders, including 570 more border patrol agents. [5]
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Bus going to the Mexican border Like the Ayala brothers, many Mexicans
work in the United States to help support their families south of the
border. The money that these immigrants earn makes a huge impact on the
Mexican economy. The National Population Council of Mexico estimates
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launched Operation Gatekeeper to crack down on people entering the
country through San Diego, California. Militarizing the border with
more border patrol agents and resources has forced immigrants to cross
through the Imperial Desert or over the mountains north of Tecate.
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increased over 600 percent since 1994. Several thousands have died
along the U.S./Mexico border since Operation Gatekeeper began. Mexicans
have drowned in canals and rivers and have died of dehydration,
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ranchers in Arizona and Texas. In the year 2000 alone, 369 immigrants
perished trying to cross the border - almost half from exposure to heat
or cold. Because of increasing amounts of border patrol officers and
equipment, many undocumented workers are staying longer in the U.S.,
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Even as Congress sought to control immigration through tough border
controls, employer sanctions, cutbacks in benefits to immigrants and
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in Congress, business and labor pushed for a guest worker program,
wherein Mexican workers could freely come and go across the border but
would not be allowed to stay in the U.S. permanently.
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Mexican immigration to the United States since the 9/11 terrorist
attacks. Even before September 11, border crossing had been down,
undoubtedly due to the slowing economy and rising unemployment rate.
Apprehensions of illegal immigrants in California's two border patrol
districts dropped an average of 57 percent compared to October of 2000.