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...made a show of plugging up the Mexican border to keep out migrant workers and drug smugglers. Yet it gives much less public scrutiny to the millions who enter the country by air. Once foreigners reach American soil unlawfully, the INS, under pressure from industries that depend on cheap labor, does next to nothing to throw them out. The job of tracking the more than 6 million illegal aliens who've made it in falls to a squad of just 2,000 INS enforcement agents, a force the size of the San Diego police department. Even now agents have only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration and Naturalization Service: Borderline Competent? | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...have the book in “every congressional office” so that Crossing Over could contribute to a political dialogue on the reshaping of relations between Mexico and the U.S. Throughout Crossing Over he asserts that during certain months, the border patrol is lenient when farmers need cheap labor. However, during other times of the year, the border patrol’s tactics can be so vigilant and irresponsible as to cause the death of three Mexican migrants. Although it was not one of his original intentions, Martínez wants the book to allow Americans...

Author: By Cassandra Cummings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Erasing the Border in Our Minds | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...people who comes in contact with anthrax and you get it on your hands, wash them - just like your mother always told you to do - and most likely you've killed the anthrax. If you're a bit unlucky and a skin infection actually takes hold, you take some cheap, curative antibiotics. If you go with Penicillin instead of Cipro, you can probably cure yourself of anthrax for under $10. (If you have a good insurance plan, you might get away with only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthrax: Extracting Fact From Fear | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

Materials not Included: Cheap light beer/malt liquor/locally distilled vodka of choice...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The FM Drinking Game! | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...like a lighthouse in the fog. Amidst the fog, a sampler (four beers for $4.50) might not be the right choice, but picking one of the 24 options could make your head spin (if the alcohol isn’t doing the trick already). Beer is cheap, $2.95 for a Harpoon, and it’s probably time for a snack, say the giant grilled chicken quesadillas...

Author: By Sam A. Clark, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pub Crawls | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

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