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7/29/2019 Foro Comunitario La Seguridad Fronteriza y La Migracion Actual Ingles

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Today,!the!report!finds,!while!Mexico!has!suffered!

over!50,000!organized!crime4related!murders!since!

2007,!this!violence'is'not'spilling'over'the'

border.!Ranchers!in!very!remote!areas!say!they!are!

more!threatened,!in!part!because!the!security!

buildup!has!not!deterred!drug!smuggling!through!

their!lands.!But!except!for!a!few!notorious!incidents,!the!U.S.!side!of!the!border!region!suffers!less!violent!

crime!than!the!U.S.!average,!or!even!the!averages!of!

the!four!border!states.!One!of!the!most!crime4ridden!

cities!in!the!world,!Ciudad!Jurez,!Mexico,!sits!across!

the!borderline!from!one!of!the!safest!cities!in!the!

United!States,!El!Paso,!Texas.!!

One!reason!violence!is!not!spilling!over,!we!found,!is!

the!behavior!of!Mexican!trafficking!organizations!

themselves:!they!act!to!avoid!any!incident!on!the!

U.S.!side!that!might!trigger!a!closure!of!official!

border!crossings,!through!which!most!drugs!pass.!

The!report!also!notes!a'sharp'drop'in'migration .!

While!we!cannot!know!how!many!migrants!attempt!

to!cross!into!the!United!States!each!year,!we!do!

know!how!many!the!Border!Patrol!apprehends.!

Since!2005,!this!number!has!plummeted!by!61!

percent,!to!levels!not!seen!since!Richard!Nixon!was!

president.!We!found!that!the!drop!has!three!main!causes.!The!U.S.!security!buildup!is!a!

factor,!but!the!U.S.!economic!crisis!is!at!least,!if!not!more!important.!Also,!the!dangerous!

gauntlet!of!abuses!at!the!hands!of!criminal!organizationsand!certain!Mexican!officials

through!which!migrants!must!pass!on!the!way!to!Mexicos!northern!border!causes!some!to!

reconsider!the!journey.!!

Despite!these!dissuasive!factors,!though,!hundreds!of!thousands!of!people!per!year!continue!

to!attempt!the!trip.!The!risks!are!still!worth!it,!many!conclude,!if!the!United!States!still!offers!

economic!opportunity,!if!violence!at!home!(in!Central!America,!for!instance)!is!as!certain!as!

it!is!in!northern!Mexico,!and!especially!ifas!is!the!case!for!a!growing!portion!of!deported!

migrantsones!spouse!or!

children!remain!on!the!U.S.!side. '

Beyond'the'Border'Buildup !

walks!the!reader!through!the!

panoply!of!U.S.!police,!

investigative,!intelligence,!

military,!and!foreign!assistance!bodies!with!border!security!

responsibilities.!All!of!them!

have!grown!rapidly,!especially!

in!the!post4September!11,!2001!

period.!Amid!this!growth,!

cooperation!and!coordination!

have!suffered,!not!least!because!

the!federal!government!lacks!a!

Homicides%per%100,000%people%in%U.S.%and%

Mexican%cities%over%100,000%population,%

within%100%miles%of%the%border,%2010%

Jurez,&Chih& 282.7&

Nogales,&Son& 103.5&

Tijuana,&B.C.& 80.6&

Nuevo&Laredo,&Tam.& 37.5&

Tecate,&B.C.& 34.6&

Matamoros,&Tam& 18.8&

Piedras&Negras,&Coah& 17&

Mexicali,&B.C.& 14&

Reynosa,&Tam.& 13.6&

San&Luis&Ro&Colorado,&Son& 12.3&

Tucson,&AZ& 9.7&

Laredo,&TX& 3.9&

Brownsville,&TX& 3.9&

McAllen,&TX& 3.7&

Riverside,&CA&& 3.0&

San&Diego,&CA& 2.2&

Temecula,&CA& 2.0&

El&Paso,&TX& 0.8&

Carlsbad,&CA& 0&

Irvine,&CA& 0&

All%Mexican%border%cities% 96%

Mexico% 22.9%

All!U.S.!Border!Cities! 3.6!

United!States! 4.8!


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