Troops scare would-be migrants away from border, officials say

[sabra]

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5019169&nav=HMO6

Troops scare would-be migrants away from border, officials say

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico The arrival of National Guard troops in Arizona apparently has scared off people seeking to cross the U-S-Mexico border illegally.

U-S authorities said today that detentions along the entire border have decreased by 21 percent so far this month, compared with the same period a year ago.

The Border Patrol says along the Arizona border _ the busiest crossing spot _ detentions have dropped 23 percent.

Fifty-five members of the Utah National Guard arrived in Yuma June third. They are the first of some six-thousand troops who are to be gradually dispatched all along the border at the request of President Bush.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. You mean like the tape of a barking dog would scare away

burglars?

[951-Riverside]

2. Good.

but wait until they find out these troops can't touch them. :rofl:

[pinerow]

3. Perhaps I'm not reading this right...

I see where "detentions" have dropped...how does that extrapolate to fewer crossings...??