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Impact of Security on Border Communities

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This report describes the impact tighter border security and toughened immigration efforts are having on border communities. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-0 Many along the US-Mexico border feel the Federal Government has ignored their concerns when drafting immigration and border security legislation. With the General Election a few weeks away, they plan to make their voice heard when casting their vote for the next President. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494

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Piece Description

Many along the US-Mexico border feel the Federal Government has ignored their concerns when drafting immigration and border security legislation. With the General Election a few weeks away, they plan to make their voice heard when casting their vote for the next President. This piece is part of the Public Radio Rural Issues Project. You can find the other pieces in this series (along with promos and web content) here: http://www.prx.org/articles/1494

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Timing and Cues

With the General Election around the corner, rural communities in many states?from Oklahoma to New York?are hopeful the next President will stem the flow of illegal immigration with beefed up border security. But doing so means untangling the web of communities along the U-S/ Mexico border. As Marco Grajeda [Grah-heh-dah] reports from New Mexico, come November the fate of these communities is in the hands of local voters.

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