EVERYONE must travel through PA to get to/from New England/NJ/NY. Have a look at the map - there is no other way to go. I-80 is heavily traveled, all the time. This is just a drop in the bucket of the number of illegals there are.
You are quite correct that I-80 is a corridor for the migration of illegal aliens. The most annoying thing about this article is that is shows that our govt. does not think about illgals as a "homeland security problem".
Bovine feces! There are so many illegals, particularly from Mexico. And they are NOT all sleepy little fellas who eat tacos peaceably! Mexico has lots of gang problems. And those problems have two legs & migrate to and through El Norte.
Thy are stealing our jobs and leaching off the healthcare & social services network all over the place. If you think they only do menial jobs "that nobdoy wants" - think again.
There are many out of work Americans who would love to have some of the jobs they have - like cleaning up in a Wal-Mart. But also one must realize that Mexicans know - or have learned skilled trades. They are no longer the dishwashers - they are the cooks. They are not the coffee boy on hte construction site, now they do roofing, install carpets........and Home Depot uses them to do installation work of hot water heaters, boilers, and major appliances.
They are infringing on the skilled construction trades now. In NYC Arabs & Indopaks are also goinginto the construction trades. And they are no more legal then the Mexicans!
The illegal aliens worker issue is a very real threat to our economy. But it is also a military security threat too. From many angles...from Mexicans to Russians to Arabs, many nefarious characters have been let in this country. Some are literally "soldiers of fortune".
We have endangered ourselves in this manner.
You can also take the Pa. turnpike, but it's a little further south and ya gotta pay a toll.
Of course, there are also more scenic routes available, if ya want to turn a 5 hour drive into a 3 day journey.