(Telegraph-UK)Julian Coman- Over the past month, U.S. border agents in Arizona and Texas have reported encounters with dozens of Arab men who have made their way across the 2,000-mile Mexican border. Patrol agents told one Arizona newspaper that 77 males "of Middle Eastern descent" were apprehended in June in two separate incidents. According to Congressman Solomon Ortiz of Corpus Christi, Texas, similar incidents are "happening all over the place. It's very, very scary." There are growing fears that terrorists may be using Mexico as a base camp before heading to Arizona, Texas, and California.
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