Aug. 29. 1985] TAKE NoTz. CoNOnzss There is nothing like personal experience to drive home a truth that might otherwise remain elusive. Accordingly. we have two suggestions for any member of Congress who doubts the urgent need for reform of this countrys immigration laws: First. spend one night with the Border Patrol along the sector of the San Ysldro port of entry. Second. spend five minutes in any of the burrowsthats right. holes in the groundthat house an increasing number of undocumental aliens employed in agriculture here in San Diego County. At the border. our visiting member of Congress would find a relative handful of Border Patrol agents trying desperately to stop the 1.000 or more aliens who attempt to enter the United States illegally in the San Ysidro sector on an average night. During a typical weekend. the figure may be 5.000. The Border Patrol estimates that it apprehends at most half of those entering the United States illegally along this countrys 1.800mile border with Mexico. Most are Mexican nationals. But many are from the striferidden countries of Central America or even from such distant places as mainland China.
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