Illegal Immigration | Illegal Immigration Harms Border Communities

Glynn Custred is a professor of anthropology at California State University at Hayward. In the following viewpoint, he examines how American communities bordering Mexico have been adversely affected by illegal immigration. He blames illegal immigrants for increased instances of litter, property vandalism, crime, drug smuggling, and other problems. Efforts to stop illegal immigration in places like San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas, have resulted in new immigration problems in adjoining areas. Custred writes that rural property owners who have taken action against illegal...

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