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Old 06-12-2014, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Dondilion View Post
Why is there no high level pressure put on Mexico and other Central
American Govts to stem the systematic, organized movement of juveniles towards the US border.
Since the U.S. is the Mexican drug lords biggest customer base they are rather busy with other problems.

As someone who jumped through all the hoops and came in the legal way I still favour the "pathway to citizenship" idea as anything else will lead to exploitation.

Secure borders what a laugh, there used to be a border crossing between Vermont and Quebec a the end of the road that ran up a string of islands in Lake Champlain. They closed it every Labor Day and did not reopen it until spring. There was a sign that said "Please report to the nearest Customs" which would have been Plattsburg NY.
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