Thread: Residents complain about border crossers looking for work

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Residents complain about border crossers looking for work


TUCSON, Ariz. Some residents of a Tucson neighborhood are complaining to police about border crossers who gather on a street corner south of downtown to be hired for day labor.

The complaints culminated in the arrest of 20 illegal immigrants Monday by U-S Border Patrol agents.

The South Side neighborhood is a popular pickup spot for employers who want cheap manual labor.

Tucson police received several calls last month about the day laborers and vagrants and officers alerted the Border Patrol to the problem.

Tucson police say they will not stop and interview someone based only on a suspicion that the person is here illegally.

But Tucson-based Derechos Humanos argues that by calling the Border Patrol to alert them to the day laborers, police did exactly that.

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Somebody tell the Herndon VA police to call the Border Patrol.