Our Wall: U.S.-Mexico Border

In the spring of 1929, a man named Patrick Murphy left a bar in Bisbee, Arizona, to bomb the Mexican border town of Naco, a bunny hop of about ten miles (16 kilometers). He stuffed dynamite, scrap iron, nails, and bolts into suitcases and dropped the weapons off the side of his crop duster as part of a deal with Mexican rebels battling for control of Naco, Sonora. When his flight ended, it turned out he'd hit the wrong Naco, managing to destroy property ... Full Story »

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Jerry Carroll
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by Jerry Carroll - Oct. 1, 2008

This is well written, but you don't have to read far into it to discover how artful the writer is in concealing his prejudice. He's against border barriers. "Naco residents found their homes broken into by desperate migrants." The second illegal act these immigrants committed -- the first was crossing the border in violation of the law -- was breaking into somebody's home. But the author excuses this because they were "desperate." I daresay a sense of "desperation" lies behind any crime that is committed. People can't get what they want by legal means, so they rob the bank or otherwise take what they want.

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