It has been used so extensively to describe conditions and situations that we need a new word-"supercrisis." calamity. or something like that. Whatever that new word is could be used to describe appropriately the scene on the Mexican border. Drug smuggling. arms trafficking and illegal immigration have reached a stage beyond "crisis" proportions. Drugs being smuggled across the border are at record highs. Some 427.000 persons were apprehended last year trying to cross the border illegally. The Immigration and Naturalization Service says for each person who is caught. another two or three make it through to the United States. Crime follows in the wake. Aliens without papers and proper documentation usually have no jobs or means of livelihood.
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Aliens without papers usually have no jobs or means of livelihood and crime follows in their wake.