immigration

They slip into the San Diego rail yard furtively, preferably beneath the protective cover of darkness, jumping fences, eluding guards and dodging 200-ton locomotives in a perilous dash for the most elusive of prizes, a free ride to the north. Every day thousands of Mexicans and Central Americans cross the U.S.- Mexican border carrying little more than dreams of a better life. Why should we blame them? Mexico and other poor countries are …

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