G.D. Cash-Dorch
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COMM 106 – D001/D002
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Neighbors have complained that it happens all the time. This
afternoon, Phoenix Police discovered a horse trailer packed with 79 illegal
immigrants.
An officer patrolling near 14th street and Polk Avenue
spotted a pickup truck connected to a dated wooden trailer. The driver was
startled by the officer and bolted from the pickup when he discovered the
officer approaching rapidly towards the vehicle which was illegally parked at a
fire hydrant. The officer had noticed a hand hanging out through an opening in
the trailer.
The officer, concerned for public safety, opened the trailer.
Once opened, he saw jammed inside 68 adults and 11 young children, some as
young as two years old clinging onto their mother’s bosom. The smell of urine
and feces was overwhelming. The officer felt the heat inside like an oven door
opening after baking a pot roast. He began to sweet.
A nearby business owner Bob Brunelle, stated, “It’s a weekly
occurrence. You see vans pull in here, drop’em off, and then the guy drives off
and the people just disperse in the neighborhood.”
Brunelle says he’s owned a discount auto business in the
neighborhood for 30 years, but just recently, he says the community has become
a dumping ground for illegal immigrants.
Brunelle goes on to say, “I’ve called before and told them
there was a van in the alley here with a lot of people in it, well, you’ll have
to contact so-and-so, and by the time they get contacted, the van’s gone.
This time Brunelle did not have to make a call. A Phoenix
police officer spotted the horse trailer, investigated and found the 79 people
inside. After two days in an un-air-conditioned trailer, everyone was thirsty
and hungry, but no one was seriously ill.
“I’m glad they did something about this. It’s too bad there
were those two babies in there, they took a hell of a chance, “said Brunelle.
Immigration Customs Enforcement loaded everyone on a bus,
hauling them to the temporary holding facility in downtown Phoenix. Brunelle
said he was glad to see it, “I don’t think they’ll drop off in this
neighborhood again for a while.”
An Immigrations Customs Enforcement Spokesperson says, “he
expects most of the illegal immigrants will be sent back home tonight.”
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