Such incidents make the recent call of San Diego County Sheriff John Duffy for U.S. Marines a little less shocking. It is thus apparent that narcotics have cast a very long but very real shadow over the border region. with very sober implications for discussion of immigration policy alternatives. Candidates for major political office in Arizona and Texas have already employed concern about drug trafficking as themes in their campaigns. With their propensity toward violence. their commerce in deadly new substances like "crack" and "black tar." and the vast financial scope of their enterprises. drug traffickers will probably generate even more uneasiness in the future. Additional requests for the Marine Corps may ensue. While some Americans have voiced concern about the movement of terrorists and drug traffickers across the border. many others have expressed indignation at the conditions of life prevailing in the border area for both residents and undocumented aliens. In the May 11 edition of the San Diego Union. Edward L.
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