This is also a national security issue, shortly after 9/11/2001 just about everyone would agree.
Publication: Airline Industry Information
Date: Thursday,
December 13 2001
Salt Lake City airport workers charged over illegal immigrant status.
http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/shipping-air-freight/828768-1.html
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Some 69 workers at Salt Lake City International Airport, USA were arrested on 12 December for lying about their illegal immigrant status.
Salt Lake City will serve the Winter Olympic Games and the workers were arrested under an anti-terror security crackdown. The workers included security staff and all had unrestricted access to the airport`s secure areas. All but eight had top-level security clearance according to PA News.
Of those arrested, six were accused of having lied about their criminal backgrounds, while all had entered the US illegally and had lied about their status in order to get their jobs. The United States Attorney for Utah, Paul Warner, stated, "These are people who have misrepresented who they are. Through their use of false information and altered or counterfeit documents, they were able to obtain security badges that put them one-swipe away from access to the most secure areas of the airport."
The mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson has stated that the workers` illegal status could have put them at risk of being bribed by terrorists.
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Form my memory, there is at least one example of Arabs (potential terrorist in this case) trying to illegally enter the US through Mexico. From what I understand once the Mexicans entered the US they informed and pointed out to the authorities the non-hispanics.
Why would the Mexicans want to have a good thing blown? They are the last ones to want to see a crack down or a wall built. Having terrorist enter though the southern border is not something they want.