San Diego is on the border of Mexico. The headline reads. "Asylum Pleas Flood INS. Huge Surge In Mexican Applications Causes Concern. May Imperil NAFTA." The story says that officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service said yesterday that they were staggered when they recently noticed a worrisome and unexpected trend. the explosion in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here. based on claims that they fear political persecution in their homeland. "Last year 614 Mexicans requested political asylum. Already this year this number has reached 5.400 and now coming in at a rate of 1.000 a month." said Gregg Beyer. who oversees this asylum program. Mr.
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