Border studies: heightened security procedures don't stop Mexican students who want American college degrees.
State Legislatures › Vol. 30 Nbr. 10, December 2004
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Border studies: heightened security procedures don't stop Mexican students who want American college degrees.
At 9:30 on a Wednesday morning in July, eastbound traffic on the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates is already backed up for nearly half a mile from the U.S. border checkpoint. Sitting in his family's battered Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera in the middle of the bridge, Adrian A. Sanchez takes no notice. Instead, he reviews pages in his physics textbook to prepare for his first day of summer school.
A hundred yards to his right, the harsh sunlight glints off a tall chain-link fence between the car and the Rio Grande. Crowning the barrier are whirls of razor wire that spiral to the horizon. Class starts at 10 and Mr. Sanchez, who wants to be there early, left his home in Matamoros at 9. Depending on the day, time, and the level of the homeland-security alert...See the full content of this document
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