Bush Packs Border
Patrol
62 Percent of New Recruits Are Latinos
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New York Times
A
Busy School for Border Patrol in New Mexico
All in all, the Border
Patrol Academy here in the desert of southeastern New Mexico
is bursting at the seams and bustling with activity as the agency
strives to train enough cadets to fulfill President Bush's plan
adding 6,000 agents by the end of 2008 as part of his border
security program.
One cadet...said he wanted to marry his
knowledge of Spanish gleaned as a Mormon missionary in Mexico
with an interest in law enforcement
The agency has also been having particular
trouble recruiting blacks and Asians, with whites accounting
for 35 percent of recent hires and Latinos 62 percent. Blacks
and Asians each account for less than 1 percent. |
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