The Border Boomtown Trend

Increased vigilance forces migrants to cross to US from remote areas, creating new boomtowns.

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November 30, 2005, 9:00 AM PST

"With vigilance increasing at larger, more traditional crossings along the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border, a growing number of would-be US immigrants - and the human smugglers that are paid to guide them there - are choosing small towns like El Hongo as staging grounds. And they are creating boomtowns in their wake.

...This phenomenon of border boomtowns sprouting up is often traced back to 1994, when US authorities boosted enforcement around the San Diego-Tijuana area as part of Operation Gatekeeper. This pushed migrant traffic to smaller towns to the east."

FULL STORY: Tiny border towns booming in Mexico

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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