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Surge of Mexican migrants as border crossings spike
Thousands rush the border daily hoping for work visas amid Bush migration plan proposals. Detentions rose 25 percent to 535,000 in the six months to March 31, with Sasabe near the Arizona border a hotspot as about 2,000 migrants arrive daily. Many seek jobs in the United States while awaiting potential guest worker policy, despite arid desert dangers and deportations.
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Sasabe
Mexico
Bush
U.S. Border Patrol
Associated Press
Arizona Desert
Raudel Sanchez
Minnesota
Sanchez
United States
Arizona
Altar
Nogales
Congress
Central America
U.S
Mark Krikorian
The
Center For
Immigration Studies
Krikorian
U.s.mexico
U.s.-Mexico
Gloria Chavez
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bureau
Border Patrol
Tucson
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Robert Bonner