nogales is the biggest headache for folks in sonora. even nogales pales in comparison with cities in the east. way back in march, erich hennen chris and i made a visit to elpaso, a field visit for purposes of research on this project. we met with a number of major stakeholders in the region including fbi, border patrol. we met with state prosecutors on the mexican side. our esteemed friends in the chihuahua state contrast. jorge conteras ordinates an effort that arose out of very dangerous security situations in late 2010, and is noted for his input from local, state, and federal actors as well as folks in civil society. basically one thing they were trying to do was establish a baseline to look just at ciudad juarez. this is in the area of homicides. that is by far the most controversy ill, the most talked-about measure. they measure other things as well, like carjackings, distortion. in general,, is headed downward, which goes back to what the assistant secretary said about the difficulty of projecting forward from current events. thi

iluminaciÓn y ventilacion y uno de ellos tenÍa sistema de vagones de carga, el mÁs reciente tuvo lugar en nogalesrontera entre mÉxico y estados de california y arizona. >> hablando de la fron fuera, autoridades arrestaron a un inspector fronterizo bajo cargos de aceptar sobornos, hÉctor rodrÍguez habia recibido miles de dÓlares se le acusa de usar automÓviles de lujo y recibir pagos de alquiler por permitir a inmigrantes ingresar al paÍs sin documentos, fueron arrestados algunos de los indocumentados que habrÍan participado en el soborno. >> hay muchas razones que conspiran contra la residencia permanente en estados unidos, sigue causando cepo raciÓn entre familias hispanas, juan carlos gonzÁlez nos comenta de una de las causas que se ha convertido en frecuente obstÁculo para inmigrantes. >> muchos los tatuajes son una diversiÓn, una forma de expresarse y hasta seÑal de rebeldÍa pero para ronaldo son el obstÁculo que le impide regresar a estados unidos junto a su esposa. >> me entrevistÓ un hombre en un cuarto no mÁs Él y yo encerrad encerrados, me tomÓ fotos de tatuajes, me dijo que era importan

nogales is basically the biggest headache for folks in sonora, which is our neighbor to the south. even nogales pales in comparison when you talk about cities to the east, including juÁrez, chihuahua city. i just wanted to leave that with you. way back i think, way back in march, eric and chris and i made a visit to el paso, a field visit for purposes of research on this project if we met with a number of major stakeholders in the region including the fbi, border patrol, field operations, those are the folks in the blue uniforms as opposed to the border patrol which wears the green uniforms. they operate between the ports of entry. met with state prosecutors on the mexican side. our esteemed friends in chihuahua state congress as well, and as was a gentleman named jorge. jorge is a furniture industry executive who runs, coordinates what they call -- [speaking in spanish] >> this is an effort that arose out of very dangerous security situation in late 2010, and is noted for its input from local, state and federal actors, as well as folks in civil society. basically what they were tr

to claim it is more secure, i look at nogales.hat is the biggest city on the border in the most problematic sector. if you look at it as a nine in 2010, the total number of offenses recorded is up 92%. >> if i might, i know the arizona situation very well and pay a lot of attention to it. the phoenix violent crime rate, kidnapping, stash houses, and other things associated with the illegal immigration, way down. it does not correspond to any other number i have seen or what the sheriff tells us. >> this is from the department the police. let me read some members. 2009 to 2010, burglaries' up hundred 13%, and grand theft auto up 70%, assault up 81%, damage to property up 81%. it does not sound like this is the most secure border we have ever had. >> i will tell you this. there are probably a number of reasons for that. i would challenge the accuracy of those numbers for a number of reasons. said me a question and i will be happy to answer it for you. >> that would be great. we have operational control of the border yet? >> i think

nogales is the biggest headache for folks in sonora.les pales in comparison with cities in the east. way back in march, erich hennen chris and i made a visit to elpaso, a field visit for purposes of research on this project. we met with a number of major stakeholders in the region including fbi, border patrol. we met with state prosecutors on the mexican side. our esteemed friends in the chihuahua state contrast. jorge conteras ordinates an effort that arose out of very dangerous security situations in late 2010, and is noted for his input from local, state, and federal actors as well as folks in civil society. basically one thing they were trying to do was establish a at ciudadto look just tha juarez. this is in the area of homicides. that is by far the most controversy ill, the most talked-about measure. they measure other things as well, like carjackings, distortion. in general,, is headed downward, which goes back to what the assistant secretary said about the difficulty of projecting forward from current events. this is very notabl

while we will rely on the government to build the large projects such as san ysidro or to renovate nogales or to rebuild the bridge of el paso, we need to build into the calculus a lick/private partnership -- a public/private partnership method of building infrastructure. one example that's currently being worked on is in san diego/tijuana. the rodriguez airport, airfield, the tijuana airport is located immediately on the borderline, and a group of entrepreneurs secured a permit from the state department and a corresponding permit from mexico to build a bridge that would basically go from the san diego side right into the airport. but a fee would be charged, but it would expedite chat expected to be -- what is expected to be two million americans who will use rodriguez airport, rodriguez airfield to fly to asia or elsewhere in latin america. so in brief, change the methods of processing cargo and passengers and pedestrians and, two, supplement public appropriations and construction projects with public/private partnerships. be. >> thank you. we have another question or comment? left us all

to claim it is more secure, i look at nogales. that is the biggest city on the border in the most problematic sector. if you look at it as a nine in -- at 2009 to 2010, the total number of offenses recorded is up 92%. >> if i might, i know the arizona situation very well and pay a lot of attention to it. the phoenix violent crime rate, kidnapping, stash houses, and other things associated with the illegal immigration, way down. it does not correspond to any other number i have seen or what the sheriff tells us. >> this is from the department the police. let me read some members. 2009 to 2010, burglaries' up hundred 13%, and grand theft auto up 70%, assault up 81%, damage to property up 81%. it does not sound like this is the most secure border we have ever had. >> i will tell you this. there are probably a number of reasons for that. i would challenge the accuracy of those numbers for a number of reasons. said me a question and i will be happy to answer it for you. >> that would be great. we have operational control of the border