tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133920085787643473.post4496402343419335941..comments2023-02-24T11:04:55.071-05:00Comments on Birding with Ludlow: Birding Along the Border: Some ReflectionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133920085787643473.post-18171906744481599382014-11-18T12:08:09.401-05:002014-11-18T12:08:09.401-05:00Indeed, the situation on the ground at Anzalduas a...Indeed, the situation on the ground at Anzalduas and some other hot-points upriver has gotten dire. The article I link to gives a very balanced look at how both sides of the river remain bound up in shared history and identity. Many of the actual issues lie well to the south, in Cartel murders and violence in El Salvador (where many of the migrants are from), but they all come to a head at places like Anzalduas, where human smugglers use the beach-goers as cover to ferry people and drugs on jet-skis.David Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784139035736102307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133920085787643473.post-59031017350481087922014-11-18T07:24:12.356-05:002014-11-18T07:24:12.356-05:00I hear ya. Unfortunately the border thing is today...I hear ya. Unfortunately the border thing is today's reality because we cannot continue to pay for unlimited resources, granting privileges to non-citizens. Mexico has had violent drug cartels murdering American tourists and their own people in border cities; their gov't/ police are corrupt, sleazy thugs. I almost took a wrong turn in Hidalgo driving almost into the their checkpoint. I recall Falcon Lake seeing the flags of both nations at the ends of the dam, the border marked only in the lake by lighted pillars. It was here a Colorado couple jet skiing were attacked by Mexican gunboats a few years ago, after my visit earlier. I also remember the US Border Patrol on I-35 north of Laredo where everybody had to stop and be searched with dogs-looking for marijuana, cocaine and heroin. They also are checking for smuggled human beings in semis. It was rather bizarre looking at green jays in Sabal Palms Audubon across the river only 30 feet away! Thanks for an informative, illustrated report.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839537155088396455noreply@blogger.com