What comes to us daily and nightly along the Miami River is devastating. is destructive. is deadly. A recent article in the July 27 Miami Herald claimed at least 100 Caribbean island freighters dock along the Miami River each month. The article quotes a Miami officials estimate that 500 to 600 illegal aliens are smuggled aboard these ships and that 98 percent of them are never caught. The article goes on to say: ... while the Miami River doesnt show on maps as part of the Nations southern boundary. the river. nonetheless. has become part of the U.S. border. And the New York Times picked up the story on August 1 with this quote: Last week local and Federal lawenforcement officials conceded that the smuggling of drugs. illegal aliens and controlled argicultural products and animals was rampant along the river because little attention was paid to the small island vessels that were allowed to slip into port without a pilot aboard. This diclosure. in face of the millions spent to intercept drug shipments at sea. prompted consideration of a 24hour interagency checkpoint at the mouth of the river to cut the smuggling. The Miami River is a symbol of what may well occur elsewhere in many of our coastal cities.
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