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Long Commute
10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
The school system in Del Rio, Texas, is closing its doors to students who don't reside within the district; officials suspect that includes between 5 and 10 percent of students. Schools that are considered more desirable than their neighbors often get overcrowded, so why is this case unusual? The neighbors reside south of the U.S. border with Mexico.
FOREIGN POLICY
The Candidates on Immigration
1/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
The rise of globalization, combined with growing concerns over security and terrorism, has transformed immigration into an issue with significant foreign policy implications. In the 2006 midterm elections, immigration emerged as a significant issue in a number of campaigns, although it is not clear how decisive a role it played. The importance of a reformed immigration policy in a broader homeland security strategy has made it a major subject of debate in the 2008 presidential election. This debate escalated recently surrounding the controversial immigration reform legislation that would have granted temporary guest status to millions of illegal immigrants. That bill stalled in the Senate June 7, 2007 after a cloture motion was rejected, although nearly all of the presidential candidates currently serving as senators voted for that motion.
A Great Wall?
Jamie Reno 10/12/2006 12:00:00 AM
THE BORDER WAR
Scott Johnson
The Border War
Scott Johnson
Coyote Inc.

Jaime Cordoba, smooth-faced and barely 18, sits crossed-legged in a corner of Agua Prieta's central plaza, sketching a map in the dirt. His audience is a family of five that has just gotten off the bus in this dusty Mexican border town with hopes of getting to Phoenix, Ariz. Cordoba makes his pitch: "You'll cross in one day. And you only pay if you make it." The price is $650 a person. From a nearby pay phone, the father calls relatives in Colorado, telling them to be ready to wire the money to Phoenix in a few days. Then Cordoba hands him a slip of paper with the address of a hotel a few blocks away. His instructions are simple: "Wait there until tomorrow."