Immigration changes need to happen

In the Corpus Christi Caller-Times I found an editorial regarding immigration. The article "Immigration's fatal path shows need for reform" was written on February 22,2013. I would have to say that the editor is trying to target the attention of voters to get more funds to Brooks County.

In Falfurrias there is a major check point with Border Patrol that checks citizenship status of everyone who crosses the check point. But about four to five miles before you get there you have the people that are transporting illegals dropping them off and having them hide between bushes and travel to five miles north of the check point. If you have not been to the Falfurrias area it is dry and hot land, dessert like. Leaving the illegals out there without any water leaves them vulnerable to perish in the tough elements.

The issue now is that they are finding several bodies out there that they can not identify due to the county having a lack of funds and no mortuary to take DNA samples of the bodies they find. The city has been given the option to ship the DNA samples to Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, but the county has to pay for the shipping and the amount of samples that need testing can get expensive to ship leaving the county wondering if the funding given to them will be enough. and they are not sure how long this will be an a solution. There is also a large amount of unmarked graves in Brooks County and they do not have funding at the moment to expand the cemetery so the lack of resources is becoming a major issue for this border town.

The author used evidence of the county size, the available funding, and the number of county officials to make a valid point to what the county needs to be able to solve the issues of immigration. The article does convince me that this area of the state needs more funding because a small county does not have the ability to tackle immigration and the issues it brings alone. The article has reinforced my thinking's but has also opened my eyes to how bad it truly is in South Texas.  The state and federal governments need to provide more funding to counties on the border to help solve the issues of illegals entering and what may happen to them once they enter  the USA. I have always believed this to be an issue and did not have to change my mind about any beliefs when I found this article. Brooks County and their citizens are losing in the lack of funding.