ARIZONA NOW HAS OVER 50 PERCENT OF ALL ILLEGAL TRAFFIC
"Arizona has achieved a dubious distinction: for the first time, the state reported more apprehensions of illegal immigrants than California, New Mexico and Texas combined," the Arizona Republic notes. "The latest landmark from fiscal 2004 numbers comes after seven consecutive years in which the Border Patrol's Tucson sector led the nation in apprehensions. And it is prompting some who have worked to stem the tide to ask why strategies successful elsewhere along the border have not worked in Arizona."