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This is the best argument I have read in favor of the recent Arizona immigration law. One of our local columnists here in Arizona has written it.

How well are they monitored? If they are well monitored, where are the numbers of agents able to respond to EVERY recorded incursion?

Good point. Judging by February 2008 Muster report from the Minutemen, the Border Patrol has big problems running down illegals unless they are old, lame or sick.

In the first evening shift MCDC volunteers spotted 18 suspected illegal aliens on Friday night and spent two hours assisting Border Patrol who responded to the sighting. Using our "eye in the sky" (EITS) thermal cameras volunteers directed Border Patrol agents, who chased the 18 individuals numerous times over a two hour period. Yet 17 of the 18 managed to escape apprehension by the Border Patrol agents. Every time agents would get near the group of suspected illegal aliens they would run in all directions, only to re- group and attempts to continue their travels northward. This cat and mouse game continued on for hours until Border Patrol agents finally gave up due to a shift change.