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Mexican children cross U.S. border
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Tens o f thousands o f children cross every year — many accompanied only by strangers on the most treacherous trip o f their lives.
(A P) — T he giggly 12-year-old
b o y ’s feet w ere giving out. The
gallon ju g s o f w ater he carried in
each hand banged against his tired
legs. He fell four tim es, scraping his
k n e e s . C a c tu s s p in e s p o k e d
through his hightops and pricked
his feet.
A red-and-black snake slithered
by. A tarantula fluttered its long,
hairy legs atop a rock.
Luis A lberto D am ian tried not to
think about any o f that. Instead, he
w ould recount later, he tried to fo
cus on keeping up w ith the 19 m i
grants m arching ahead o f him into
the inky n ig h t— and on his m other,
w ho w as w aiting for him at the end
o f his journey.
But after 15 hours o f w alking
through N orth A m erica's harshest
desert, his trip w ould be in vain:
Luis A lberto w as am ong nearly
35,000 children arrested this year
w hile illegally crossing the U .S.-
false passports and birth certifi-
M exico border.
cates to get their children across
A ctiv ists say kids like L uis the border.
A lberto drive hom e the urgent need
But closer scrutiny by officials
for a m igration accord betw een since Sept. 11 has m ade that nearly
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M ex ico and th e
im p o ssib le, ex-
U n ite d S ta te s .
p e r ts sa y , an d
Both governm ents
m an y m ig ra n ts
p r o m is e d
th is
p re f e r to h av e
m onth to resum e
th e i r c h ild re n
ta lk s , s id e lin e d
s m u g g le d o v e r
since the Sept. 11
than leave co v
terrorist attacks.
eted U .S .jo b s to
M e a n w h ile ,
return to M exico
tens o f thousands
to get them.
- Candelaria Cruz, coordinator
o f children cross
E x p e rts fe a r
every year— many of a government shelter for
th e h e ig h te n e d
deported Mexlcanchlldren
accom panied only
security is forcing
b y stra n g e rs on
children to em
the m ost treacherous trip o f their bark on perilous journeys.
lives. M ost children, like L uis
“ It seem s the only w ay is cross
A lberto, are headed to see parents in g th ro u g h th e d e s e r t,” said
living illegally in the United States. C andelaria Cruz, coordinator o f a
In the past, m igrants often used governm ent shelter for deported
> It seems the
only way is
crossing
through the
desert.
M ex ican c h ild re n in N o g ales,
across from N ogales, Ariz.
S ince secu rity w as heightened,
U .S. B o rd er P atrol a rrests have
d ro p p ed to th e ir low est level in
m ore than a d ecade. B ut the death
toll has v aried little — in d icatin g
that th o se w h o are c ro ssin g are
tak in g m o re d a n g ero u s routes.
T he B o rd er P atrol reg istered
320 d eath s th is y ear, co m p ared to
336 in 2001. T h at n u m b er d id not
in clu d e the d e a th s o f 11 m ig ran ts
w h o se b o d ies w ere found locked
in a g rain c a r in Iow a in early
O cto b er, less than tw o w eek s a f
ter the g o v ern m en t issu ed its sta
tistics.
T h e B o rd er P atrol d o es not
track in d iv id u a ls ’ ages, but the
F o reig n R e la tio n s D ep artm en t
reports four children under 15 died
this y ear, co m p ared w ith on e last
year.
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Rodriguez to Sing at Indy 500
(A P) — D aniel R odriguez, the
N ew Y ork C ity policem an who be
cam e know n for his stirring rendi
tions o f “The Star-Spangled B an
ner” and “G od Bless A m erica" after
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, will
sing the national anthem before the
start o f the Indianapolis 500.
Rodriguez, w ho is on leave from
thepolicedepartm ent, has performed
at the W orld Series, the 2002 Salt
Lake City W inter O lym pics, the w hich w ent to No. 1 on B illboard’s
White House, the PBS Memorial Day classical crossover chart.
“ I am proud to be singing at one
c o n c e rt in W a s h in g to n an d
o f the most prestigious races in the
D isneyland's 47th birthday.
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album , “From My H eart," following
last y ear’s “The Spirit o f A m erica,"
and w om en who have helped make
o u r country g reat," R odriguez said
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Portland Fire C h ief Ed Wilson
presented safety gear to G uadalajara
Fire C hiefV argus Robles during the
C inco de M ayo celebration at W a
terfront Park Monday.
G uadalajara is P o rtlan d 's sister
city in M exico.
T he fire departm ent had several
self-contained breathing apparatus
units valued at m ore than $4 million
that w ere 20 years old and worth
ju s t $30,000 from the m anufacturer
in trade
Instead o f returning to equip
m ent, they w ere m ade available to
G uadalajara for the trade-in amount.
The apparatus is a critical tool
that allow s firefighters to enter the
toxic, sm oky environment o f a burn
ing building.
The equipm ent consists o f an air
bottle, breathing tube, face-piece
and an alarm that so u n d s if a
firefighter becom es im m obilized.
W ithout the equipm ent, a firefighter
c o u ld n 't go inside a burning build
ing to rescue trapped victim s, or
help extinguish the fire.
F o rth e p a st fouryears, Portland
Fire and R escue has also provided
tr a in in g to th e G u a d a la ja r a
firefighters.
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