 BORDER NEWS
A proposed 1,500 bed INS detention center in West Kendall, Florida, near Miami, will not be built, according to Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, which was to run the facility, and the developer of the deal. Wackenhut said it withdrew because it did not think the facility would be completed on time, while the developer said that it was the community reaction against the facility that led him to break off the deal.
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This week a man was found dead in the wheel well of a jet landing at the San Francisco International Airport. As of yet officials do not know when on the journey from London he died, nor do they know if he was a stowaway, although that is the most likely scenario.
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Seven undocumented immigrants were arrested by police in New Mexico this week after the car they were traveling in was pulled over for an expired license plate. The driver of the car tried to flee, but was apprehended a few hours after the initial stop. All of those in the car said they were on their way to construction jobs in Colorado.
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The Imperial (California) Irrigation District has approved a preliminary plan that would call for the installation of safety lines along the All-American Canal. The canal, which is on the border between California and Mexico, is often used by people trying to sneak into the US. Dangerous conditions in the canal have led to numerous deaths over the years. At least 20 deaths were recorded in the canal last year alone. The volunteer group that is sponsoring the lines hopes to have them in place by this spring.
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