NOGALES, Mexico - At a shelter overflowing with migrants airing their blistered feet, Francisco Ramirez nursed muscles sore from trekking through the Arizona desert - a trip that failed when his wife did not have the strength to go on.He said the couple would rest for a few days, then try again, a plan echoed by dozens reclining on rickety bunk beds and carpets tossed on the floor after risking violent bandits and the harsh desert in unsuccessful attempts to get into the United States.The shelter's manager, Francisco Loureiro, said he has not seen such a rush of migrants since 1986, when the United States allowed 2.6 million illegal residents to get American citizenship.
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I don't know whether it's a coincidence or not, but HBO has been showing the movie, The Day After Tomorrow --- about how an ice age befalls most of the United States. The survivors all retreat to ... guess what? Mexico. And the movie ends with thousands of Americans landing at the border and being warmly welcomed by the Mexican people. Very funny. In a way.
actually, they went to the mexican border and originally they weren't allowed in! then they crashed the gates and the mexicans had no choice. That movie was so much bullshit on so many levels. It was so political and obvious. i liked it anyway though because it was a cool story with the ship rolling into manhattan.
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