AP: Mexico's migrant-smugglers hike rates

Blaq Dem

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:06 PM
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AP: Mexico's migrant-smugglers hike rates

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer

33 minutes ago

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico - Smugglers in sunglasses and muscle shirts reclined on withering patches of grass in a tree-covered plaza, blending into clusters of migrants and offering them "safe" trips into the United States.

But on this sweltering day, there were no takers. None of the Mexicans hoping to reach the United States could pay the $3,000 the smugglers demanded to hide them in a car and drive them across the border, a trip that just weeks ago cost $2,000.

The sharp increase in smugglers' fees is due to the arrival of National Guard troops at the border and plans by Washington for even greater border security, all of which will make the sometimes deadly trip into the United States even more difficult and dangerous. The higher fees have convinced some to cancel plans to sneak into the United States, while others have decided to go it alone.

Mexican and U.S. authorities are already seeing a drop in illegal migration, although it isn't clear if that will last.

(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060614/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_smugglers_fees)

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Sounds alot like indentured servitude.

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Bacchus39

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:23 PM
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1. more border patrol, less illegal immigration. wow!!

who would have thought!!

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Blaq Dem

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:41 PM
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6. you mean less "living" illegal immigration

Many will die in the scorching deserts.

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Gormy Cuss

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Wed Jun-14-06 05:40 PM
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8. Capitalism at work

If people stall because of the price increase, the coyotes will be forced to lower it again. Given that the average person trying to sneak across the border is dirt poor I doubt that many will be able to come up with another thousand.

What's troubling is this will be played up as a success of W's asinine National Guard plan in the meantime.

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hogwyld

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:30 PM
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2. It's only for the short term

When you children are hungry, you will find a way across the border.

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IndyJones

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:38 PM
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4. It is a shame Fox and the Mexican government are not forced to

take care of their own. They have the money and the resources, but the wealthy pay about half the tax rates we pay in the US.

Interesting story. That's quite a fee hike!

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Bacchus39

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:41 PM
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5. yeah, but why should he if you can pass it off on the US

and just think of all the revenue sent back to Mexico. Fox ain't gonna do a damn thing about immigration other than try to keep the Central American out of Mexico.

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The Backlash Cometh

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Wed Jun-14-06 05:04 PM
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7. Vicente Fox will have to actually think for the first time in his life,

once Bush is kicked out of office.

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gratuitous

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Wed Jun-14-06 03:31 PM
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3. This may be why the GOP thinks the economy is "booming"

Coyotes can raise their rates.

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High Plains

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Wed Jun-14-06 05:44 PM
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9. Gee, it's fun to blame Fox. But he's going to be history soon...

Elections in about two weeks...

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