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HAS STOOD IN NOGALES FOR MANYYEARS.
THE RAZOR WIRE IS A NEWADDITION THAT SHOWS HOW THEBORDER DEBATE HAS CRANKED UP BUTLEADERS HERE SAY THIS WILL NOTSOLVE THE BORDER ISSUES THEYSEE."THE RAZOR WIRE IS A SHARP,SHINING INSULT IN THE EYES OFNOGALES MAYORARTURO GARINO.
HE FEELS ITCOULD HURT CHILDREN AND PETS ANDHURT NOGALES REPUTATION ANDCROSS-BORDER BUSINESS BYBUILDING A THREATENINGATMOSPHERE THE CITY DOES NOTDESERVE.IF HE COULD HAVE SOME TIME WITHTHE VICE PRESIDENT HE SAYS HE'DURGETHE ADMINISTRATION TO FIX ANIMMIGRATION POLICY THAT HEFEELS ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO COME.ARTURO GARINO/NOGALES MAYOR2:07.
WE'RE GIVING THEM ALLTHESE INCENTIVES.
IF YOU MAKEIT OVER HERE YOU'VE GOT IT MADEAND THAT'S THE THING.
WHYWASN;T THIS HAPPENING FIVE, SIXYEARS AGO.
WHY NOW BECAUSE THEYKNOW IT'S APROBLEM AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEPROBLEM IS AND IT'S NOT AN OPENBORDER THING, IT'S NOT A WALLET,IT'S NOT A SECURITY THING.
IT'STHEWRONG MESSAGE WE'RE GIVING THEM,WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BITSTRONGER." 2:33THE MAYOR SAYS BORDERCONTROVERSY HAS DISCOURAGEDMEXICAN SHOPPERS FROM MAKING DAYTRIPS TO NOGALES AND HE WORRIESABOUT NOGALES BUSY CARGO PORTWILL CHOKE AS THE ADMINISTRATIONSHIFTS OFFICERS FROM CUSTOMSINSPECTION TO PROCESSINGPEOPLE.THAT MANPOWER SHIFT THREATENSTHE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FRUITAND VEGETABLES THAT CROSS THEBORDER AT NOGALES.
PRODUCESHIPPERS WERE ALREADY WORRIEDPORTS WERE VERY SHORT OFINSPECTORS.3:56JAIME CHAMBERLAIN/JCDISTRIBUTING: "250 AGENTS ISWHERE WE'RE SHORT JUST TO HANDLETHE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT WEALREADY HAVE.
THAT DOESN'TINCLUDE WANTENTREPRENEURS ALL OVER THE STATEWANT TO INCREASE THEIRBUSINESS AND INCREASE THE FLOWOF TRAFFIC." 4:09AND THAT BUSINESS FLOWS BOTHWAYS WITH U-S BUSINESSESSELLING THEIR PRODUCTS TOMEXICO.
CRAIG SMITH, KGUN9 ONYOUR SIDE