Along the Texas border ...An enforcement expansion

 
By The Associated Press
Published: October 26, 2007

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. border agents plan to expand to a second portion of the Texas border a program to criminally prosecute and incarcerate illegal immigrants as authorities look to expand the program borderwide.

"This is the chief's view of the future. We're talking national,” said Ramon Rivera , Border Patrol spokesman. "It sends a strong message that we're not letting illegal border crossers have a free ride....


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