Illegal immigrants gravitate toward Arizona border

The amazing thing of the story is that people who are getting through to the U.S. illegally has dropped 41 percent between 2005 and 2009. However in Nogales, Arizona, authorities still recently captured 687 illegal immigrants in one day.
President Obama recently decided to send 1,200 National Guard soldiers and put $500 million to control the border, but the people trying to cross are very determined. Right now Arizona is considered the part of the country with the most illegal and has become “the leakiest portion of 2,000 miles border.” This state is considered very dangerous because of the continued presence of illegal immigrants, and what is combined with the rise of narcotic traffic. The Rev. Vili Valderrama, a priest at San Felipe de Jesus parish in heavily Hispanic Nogales supports the new law, he says, “I have seen situation in families where they are fighting.”
There are about 262 miles long the in Nogales. The border controls are tighter elsewhere because the fences across the rest of the state, California and New Mexico. For Mexicans it is easier to cross because it is closer to the United States. The Tucson sector increased staffing by 30 percent and about 3, 200 officers in 2006. But all this never stopped immigrants from crossing the border. Right now, Senator John McCain wants to increase border patrols by 6,000 National Guardian soldiers along the U.S. borders, including 3,000 soldiers in Arizona.
The federal government is doing a very good job stopping illegal immigration. There are many illegal immigrants trying to get in the United States because they have a poor economy in their country. The majority of illegal are from Central America. That is because these countries are very poor so they try to cross the border everyday to have better opportunities here. For example, my uncle once tried to cross illegally to the U.S but the National Guard arrested him in Nogales. He wanted to come here because in El Salvador he didn’t a job and he wanted to have a good job here to help his family. The economy is a big reason why many people decide to live their country.

President Obama speaking about the new law about illegals immigartion in Arizona.