January 18

Sonoita hosts a Border Patrol station. As you drive into town you see a field full of full size brand new vehicles. It gives some indication of the scale of operations, given that these are the vehicles not at work. The government has to be General Motors biggest customer.

Just above Tombstone yesterday I went through full time Border Patrol check station on Rt 80. The check was perfunctory and polite. I can't imagine it is too productive, as anyone involved in illegal activity might well have the sense to take an alternative route, or walk well around it.

The local folks I have talked to confirm that the Border Patrol is a grand scale demonstration of failed policy.