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EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Call it a high stakes game of "catch and release."
Make no mistake, the U.S. Border Patrol still does the catching along the border of Texas and Mexico, but CBS News correspondent Lee Cowan reports that these days many of those they catch are looking to be caught.
While on border patrol, Cowan encounters a few from a group of about 35 from Central America who were taken into custody, just across from the Rio Grande River. Two years ago, they would have run for their lives, but tonight they surrendered, because being taken into custody is exactly what they want.
That's because after they're filed, finger printed, and fed — most of them will walk away — and simply disappear into the underground economy.
Posted by Richard at October 25, 2005