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For Those Living in Ground Zero for Drug Trafficking Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis is Personal

By Paul Rubin June 03, 2010

On April 27, Janet Napolitano pronounced that the border separating the United States from the Republic of Mexico is more... More >>>

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Janet Napolitano: "The border is as secure as it's ever been."

Cochise County rancher, cowboy poet and retired Army brigadier general Bud Strom: Now at least, it suddenly has become advantageous for many politicos to play tough guy.

Coming back into the States from Agua Prieta, Sonora, at the port of entry in Douglas.

This ominous government sign is on U.S. Forest Service land in the Coronado National Forest, near the sprawling Krentz Ranch north of Douglas, Arizona.

Eriberto Marquez and Martin Chavira-Morquecho carried out a home invasion of an elderly couple's residence earlier this year that nearly ended tragically. They are now serving time at the Arizona State Prison.

Martin Chavira-Morquecho

Cochise County sheriff's deputy Joe Gilbert says about the undocumented: "It takes courage tromping through this desert for days knowing you can die at any point in the heat or cold or at the hands of a coyote."

Border Patrol agents arrest illegal immigrants from southern Mexico just inside the United States in Cochise County and less than 200 yards from the border fence.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever at the Fence near Naco, Arizona:
There are good people coming over here looking for jobs,
I understand that. But bad guys are coming in and
will continue to come in no matter what.

The fence ends for a stretch just east of the San Pedro River in Hereford, which affords the undocumented another easy access point to the States.

Rich Winkler, a former Cochise County Superior Court judge, at his ranch home in Rodeo, New Mexico, just across the Arizona border: "This is my home, goddamn it, and I shouldn't have to put up with this."

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This ominous government sign is on U.S. Forest Service land in the Coronado National Forest, near the sprawling Krentz Ranch north of Douglas, Arizona.

Paul Rubin

This ominous government sign is on U.S. Forest Service land in the Coronado National Forest, near the sprawling Krentz Ranch north of Douglas, Arizona.

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