Mexican theme park turns border crossing into sport

Posted on: August 23rd, 2006
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And the organizers, members of a Hnahnu indigenous community, speak from experience. Leaders estimate as many as 90 percent of the 2,500-person community have made the journey to the United States, most ending up in the boomtown of Las Vegas.

“The 20 or so people fleeing the Border Patrol aren’t undocumented immigrants. They’re tourists about 700 miles from the border. Most are well-heeled professionals more likely to travel to the United States in an airplane than on foot.

They’ve each paid 150 pesos, or about $15, for what is perhaps Mexico’s strangest tourist attraction: a night as an undocumented immigrant crossing the Rio Grande.”

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