Border Patrol uses music to cross a cultural line (visa, born, illegal immigration)

[ArizonaBear]

WASHINGTON - To its arsenal of agents, fences and stealthy sensors skirting our nation's southern border, the U.S. Border Patrol may soon add another weapon in the fight against illegal immigration: a follow-up album.

Yes, as in CD. With singers, guitars, accordions.

Arizona Republic article

Hopefully; this idea will not only slow down illegal immigration to the USA but save many lives as well. The cold reality is that it is becoming too dangerous to trust coyotes, etc.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

That new Britney album should discourage anyone coming up, probably even returning Patriots.

[macmeal]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

That new Britney album should discourage anyone coming up, probably even returning Patriots.

I was thinking more of a "Lawrence Welk pays tribute to Barry Manilow" approach. Try broacasting THAT from speakers spaced along the border, and even the BP might flee the area. Just the THOUGHT of Welk's grinning visage, starting each number with "...an UNO...anna DOS...anna TRES..." might cause ANY prospective illegal to beat a hasty retreat, away from the land of the "gringo loco Aleman", toward the 'sane' world back home..

"A-WUNNERFUL, Wunnerful, folksss.....and a BIEN-veNEEED-os to you ALL !!"

[antialphabet]

It's not music used as a deterrent..its corridos trying to convince them to avoid the dangers of crossing the border.

[macmeal]

"Music hath charms to soothe the Savage Breast", said William Congreve, a famous, long-ago Gringo..."To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak"...

Were Congreve yet alive today, he MIGHT have added, "Indeed, music's charms could well convince the stubbornest illegal wayfarer to turn in his tracks, and return once again to the waiting Bosom of his Native Land, never again to flee".......

I guess we'll never know, though...too bad.