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...kind of slave trade, harsh, uncertain and expensive--except there is freedom and opportunity at the end for those who survive it. Thousands of Chinese pay huge sums to cram into ramshackle ships and sealed containers in the hope of sneaking into the U.S. Rough estimates put the number at 10,000 for 1999. Some are caught--1,500 were repatriated last year--but most succeed in joining the estimated global tide of 275,000 illegals entering the U.S annually. A significant percentage also die trying. In January a container ship docked in Seattle with 18 Chinese in the hold...
...darkened windows was waiting for them, with a Chinese driver. The snakeheads' far-flung networks had delivered. The driver drove them through the night to a large city, which Chen discovered was Houston, though he had only the vaguest idea of U.S. geography. All he had was the telephone number of a distant cousin in someplace called Flushing...
...number of recent cases, courts have looked at the extent to which older children can assert constitutional rights of free expression or privacy against schools. Usually the judges have found for the grownups. The Supreme Court has said it is O.K. for principals to censor student newspapers and for schools to test athletes for drugs without specific reasons for suspicion. And outside this peculiar case, the issue of whether children can assert legal claims against their parents or bring claims that their parents oppose is fairly clear cut: they can't. Many people remember the famous case of "Gregory...
...anyone tell me the phone number for 911 in Mexico?" Heredia asks. The question draws chuckles. "We don't have a 911 there," a beefy youth in a Raiders cap shoots back. "In the U.S.," Heredia says, "you don't have to break up a fight. The police will do it for you." He explains that "the system here is like a card game. You've got to know the rules to win." Javier, 26, a laborer at Copper Mountain Resort, learned the hard way. He paid a $450 fine--about a week's wages--after he was pulled over...
...recent trip in search of a shower gift had me reeling. The $5 billion-a-year baby-product industry would have new parents (and their friends) believe that it takes a truckload of gear to properly outfit a nursery. But while some of these products are useful, a surprising number seem designed to remove parents from the actualities of dealing with their baby's bodily functions. Some products are simply wasteful. Some prey on parents' fears. And some are potentially dangerous--moving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last week to start hanging recall notices in post offices...