Author: HatunenHatunen Date: Jan 26, 2007 12:10
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:37:59 -0500, sechumlib
liberal.net> wrote:
>I know this sounds insensitive. Frankly, I don't care. The US
>government has decided it is more secure to have passports presented at
>the border. Right or wrong, it's their prerogative to do so. Anyone who
>doesn't want to live with that constraint can simply quit visiting.
It's not quite that simple. Much of the economy of Southern
Arizona is dependent on easy border crossing for locals. I have
seen estimates that as much as one-fourth of the money made in
Tucson from Christmas shoppers is from Mexican Christmas
shoppers.
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