March 13, 2002
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U.S. Supports ‘Fast Lane’ Across the U.S.-Mexican Border
M EX IC O C IT Y (A P)— H ome
land Security D irectorT om Ridge
said he expects the U nited States
and M exico to reach an agreem ent
c r e a t in g a “ fa s t la n e ” o f
preapproved travelers across the
their com m on border, easing d e
lays caused by heightened secu
rity after Sept. 11.
W rapping up tw o days o f m eet
ings in M exico C ity, R idge said
the way the U nited S tates’ south
ern border is m anaged is “o u t
d ated." He added that officials
w ere m aking progress on a border
security accord with M exico sim i
lar to one reached w ith C anada in
December.
H eavy traffic at b o rd er cro ss
ings has hurt businesses both in
M exico and the U nited States, and
R idge called for a new plan that
w ould use technology to clear
goods in factories, rail yards and
seaports instead o f w aiting until
they reach the border.
He said custom s officials w ere
also looking at the p ossibility o f
s c re e n in g a n d p re -a p p ro v in g
cargo and people, giving them a
“fast lane” across the border.
Still, Ridge said M exico’s drug
and m igrant sm ugglers created
challenges that w ould be difficult
to overcom e.
Awaiting Adoption
J a m e s is a c h a rm in g a n d e n g a g in g eig h t-
year-old boy. H e Is o n e o f m a n y ch ild ren
a w a itin g a d o p tio n o r fo s te r ca re th ro u g h
th e S ta t e o f O regon.
Ifyou are interested in becom ing an adoptive
parent o r w ould like to provide foster care to the
children under the State o f O regon custody,
please call Judy O rellana and H elen A ughtry at
the Services to C hildren and Fam ilies, 503/731 -
3147, ext. 2247.
Se necesitan padres tem porales de crianza o
padres adoptivos. Si está interezada en adoptar
a cuidar a uno de estos niños, llam e a Judy
O rellana al teléfono 503/731 -3147, ext. 2247.
President Bush is scheduled to
continue discussions on the bor
der security plan w ith M exican
President V icente Fox during the
U .N . International C onference on
Financing for D evelopm ent later
this m onth in M onterrey.
C om m erce has tripled along the
U .S.-M exican border since the
start o f the N orth A m erican Free
T rade A greem ent in 1994, and
R idge said both M exico and the
U nited States are n ’t happy with
how the border is m anaged today.
He said he will continue to push
for consolidating agencies that
m anage the border — like cus
tom s and im m igration services —
d e sp ite stro n g o p p o sitio n in
W ashington. Ridge said F o x ’s
governm ent has been responsive
to U.S. needs, sharing “unprec
edented" am ounts o f inform ation
w ith its A m erican counterparts.
Minorities Have Trouble Communicating with Doctors
(A P )— Hispanics, A sians and blacks
are m ore likely than w hites to have d if
ficulty com m unicating with doctors and
accessing health care, a study says.
M inorities believed they w ould re
ceive b etter care if they w ere o fa differ
ent race, according to the survey re
leased by the C om m onw ealth Fund, a
private N ew Y ork-based health research
foundation.
“For alm ost every m easure o f quality,
there is a sharp division betw een the
health care experiences o f w hite and
minority A m ericans,” said K aren Davis,
the g ro u p ’s president. “A s our popula
tion grow s m ore diverse, these findings
send a clear w arning that the health care
quality divide is in danger o f turning into
a gulf.”
H ispanics, the n atio n ’s fastest-
growing mi nori ty, were more than twice
as likely as w h ites— 33 percent vs. 16
percent— to cite communication prob
lem s, such as failing to understand
the doctor or feeling the doctor did
not listen to them .
T w enty-seven percent o f Asians
and 23 percent o f black people said
they have experienced sim ilar co m
m unication difficulties.
A ccess to language interpreters
also w as limited. A m ongnon-E nglish
speakers w ho said they needed inter
preters during a health care visit, fewer
than h a lf said they alw ays or usually
had one.
The survey w as taken by Princeton
S urvey R esearch A ssociates from
April to N ovem ber last year. Research
ers conducted telephone interview s
w ith random nationally representa
tive sam ple o f 6,722 people age 18 and
older. The sam ple included 3,488
w hites, 1,153 Hispanics, 1,037 blacks
an(l 669 Asians. The error m argin for
the total sam ple is plus or m inus 1.5
percentage points, larger for su b
groups.
O ne in six blacks, one in seven
H ispanics and one in 10 A sians said
they felt they w ould receive better
health care if they w ere o f a different
race. O nly one percent o f w hites felt
that way.
-jBoth blacks and w hites reported
getting m ore preventive care than His
panics and Asians.
For i nstance, am ong those age 50 and
older, 18 percent o f H ispanics and 16
percent o f A sians said they had been
screened for colon cancer in the past
year. A m ong blacks, 31 percent said
they had been screened, and 28 percent
o f w hites said they had been screened.
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