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Relocated Immigrants a Cause for Concern in Ojinaga 11/3/09
Beau Berman
CBS 7 News
bberman@cbs7.com
November 3, 2009
Ojinaga, Mexico -
The transport of thousands of illegal immigrants from Arizona by way of Texas is raising concerns among residents in Ojinaga, Mexico, where they are ending up.
Jose Noe's been living here four days. He calls this shelter home after getting caught without papers in Ft. Davis and being bussed to Ojinaga.
"When they saw the three guys they called immigration and immigration came for my two friends and me", says Noe.
Jose left his real home in Chiapas years ago and crossed into America for food and a job. Now he plans to cross right back where he came from, back to the U.S.
"But me, I go back to America (sic). Whatever. Die or lose my life, I don't care. I'm working there", says Noe.
But Jose's not the only one. Thousands and thousands more immigrants will be crossing from Presidio into Ojinaga during the next few months and residents here aren't thrilled. They're worried there won't be enough jobs and fear the possibility of violence.
"What we fear right now is that if people coming from the United States don't have the means to go back to the places they belong, they are going to stay here", says Jose Spencer, owner of the Casa de Huespedes Motel.
He is concerned about the U.S. government's plan to relocate thousands of illegal aliens in Ojinaga.
"What characterizes Ojinaga is that it's a peaceful town and you can go walking anytime, day or night, and nobody's going to bother you", says Spencer.
Ojinaga is insulated from drug violence now, but add 5,000 willing coyotes, or smugglers, and that could change.
"The United States has no more work for illegals, I think", says Cesar Alfredo Ronquillo, the shelter’s manager.
Ronquillo fled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, years ago, before U.S. immigration officials eventually caught him. Now he runs the shelter, a saving grace for those like Jose Noe. Jose's fed for now but says he's trapped in a state of turmoil, and for the time being, living in a city that's hoping to avoid just that.
"The safety of the town right now is going to go away because of that", says Spencer.
Illegal crossings are down dramatically across most of the 2,000 mile U.S. – Mexico border but are up in both San Diego and the Marfa sector of West Texas.
