Tuesday, September 21,1993
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decrease in the number of illegal border-
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Agents arrested 158 Sunday, com
pared to an average of about 500 to 1,000.
There is no way of determining how
many people decided not to cross.
"So far, the operation has been a
tremendous success," said Chief Agent
Sylvestre Reyes of the El Paso sector,
which boasts about 625 agents and cov
ers 125,000 square miles in West Texas
and New Mexico.
"Operation Blockade" uses 400
agents for a 24-hour high-profile vigil
from Sunland Park, N.M., just outside
El Paso’s western boundary to the com
munity of Ysleta on El Paso's eastern
outskirts.
The operation will continue indefi
nitely while the agency evaluates the ef
fectiveness of the sector's unprecedented
show of force, said Reyes.
The Border Patrol generally concen
trates on apprehending illegal immi
grants after they have crossed over,
rather than stopping them at the river.
"We're not concerned with catching
1,000 or 10,000 aliens a day," Reyes
said. "We are concerned with discour
aging them."
Reyes said he decided to try the block
ade after members of the community ex
pressed concern over high border crimes
rates and the sheer numbers of illegal
border crossers.
The crackdown also comes at a time
when illegal immigration has drawn the
attention of leaders across the nation,
including President Clinton, who has
called for taking control of the border.
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