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New Mexico -- With domestic anti-terrorism raids in the news once again, concern with illegal foot traffic along New Mexico's international border heightens.
Incidents of OTMs, (Other Than Mexicans), illegally crossing the border have increased by 63 percent during the last six months, said Ron Dolin from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Center for Homeland Security.
Dolin, a Republican candidate running for U.S. Congress against Democratic incumbent Tom Udall, sits on the United State Senate's Border Security Task Force.
He arranged a New Mexico border tour for Department of Homeland Security executives from Washington, D.C., which took place June 15.
"We were briefed on the current situation by border patrol agents," Dolin said.
Through his service on the task force during the last three years, Dolin said he has interacted with border patrol agents and local law enforcement officers to address problems brought on by the nonstop stream of illegals.
Posted by Richard at June 24, 2006