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State THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1901 Page 7 Salvadorian refugees complicate illegal alien problem ic,a ytogoi irs to use to the govern 'quires advising del, utsmaybeiij United Press International I Citizens of war-torn El Salvador are trying to enter the United States in record numbers by tossing the Texas-Mexico border, say U.S. Bor er Patrol agents who report the refugee Onslaught has reached alarming proportions. I They say the number of El Salvadorian re fugees— combined with illegal alien traffic from her Central American countries — is putting a rge burden on already overworked Border Pat rol agents. ‘They (the Salvadorians) are coming out of the ’oodwork, so to speak, W.G. Luckey, an inves tigator with the U.S. Border Patrol in Harlingen, t e an( j nov| Aid Monday. “We are catching them every day. o become] H Listen, every jail in the Rio Grande Valley is "lied up. We are catching all we can get.” wo ¥ Border Patrol agents say the increase in re fugees trying to enter the country is partly due to reports from Washington that U.S. officials might grant the aliens some form of amnesty. And the agents say such reports only make a bad situation worse, because an inadequate num ber of Border Patrol employees are kept busy with “everyday” problems such as drug traffick ing and other criminal activities. The patrol arrested 28 Salvadorian men, women and children in a single swoop Saturday. Six Mexican nationals and three “transpor ters” — smugglers who transport an illegal alien across the Rio Grande River for a fee — also were arrested, officials said. Another group of 55 Salvadorians was caught in February near Brownsville after crossing the border in boats from Mexico. Luckey said most of the Salvadorians pay an average of $1,500 to $2,000 per person to smug glers who are operating large rings inside that Central American nation. Once in Mexico, the Salvadorians are brought into the U.S. by people who charge a fee of about $20 per person to cross the Rio Grande. “In fact, the (Salvadorian alien) problem in Kingsville is so bad they are now being housed in motels,” Luckey said. He said the number of Salvadorians entering the U.S. illegally rose dramatically “in the last few weeks. We have no idea why. We are being completely overrun here.” Mexican and Guatemalan authorities are un able to check the traffic because of their own manpower and equipment shortages, and the problem adds to pressure on the United States, officials say. It costs an average of $300 to $400 in air fare alone to deport an El Salvadorian from the Un ited States, officials say. There are additional expenses involved in agents’ salaries and over time, feeding and even medical treatment for sick aliens. Jim Kerr, assistant chief of U.S. Border Patrol in McAllen, Texas, admits the civil war in El Salvador is contributing to the problem. 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Webster said the bureau’s con cern about narcotics trafficking stemmed partly from the FBI’s ongoing investigation into orga nized crime. “We see that narcotics is clearly one of the main sources of illicit revenue” of organized crime, Webster said. He also said drug trafficking had been recently linked to jury fixing and the slaying of a federal judge in Texas. “This type of arrogance has to be met,” Webster said. He was in New York City to receive an award from the Riot Relief Fund, a civic group that provides financial assistance to the families of slain police officers. Historically, the FBI has shun ned narcotics investigations be cause of a fear its agents would be corrupted. Webster added the FBI also lacked the “undercover capability” to successfully conduct long-term investigations into drug trafficking. The capability, he said, was established through the bureau’s intenjsiye inyestigatipn into orga-. nized crime. 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Bentsen, who was in Lubbock for a briefing on the proposed pro ject, which would be built on Texas Tech land if funded by Con gress, told university officials: “I must tell you we re not going to get that building this year.” He added, however, that he will “try to hold on to the research money.” Dr. Sam Curl, dean of Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences, noted that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking Congress for $1 million in research money in 1982 and $22 million for construc tion of the laboratory. Increasing the reliability of agricultural production — includ ing the development of drought- resistant grain and fiber crops — would be the goal of the fully funded program. Bentsen pledged to continued to try to get the building funded but noted that “this is not the year for it.” COPYRIGHT 1960, SAFtWAY STORES. IHC. QUANtITY RIGHTS RESERVED SAFE WAY and a little bit more