Remittances over phones may challenge border policies

Confronted with fortress Jericho, Joshua’s forces let wail on ramhorns and, as the spiritual has it, “the walls came a-tumblin’ down.” Millennia later, it’s possible that another communication device — the ubiquitous cell phone — may blow away the border barrier currently being erected between the United States and Mexico.

This possibility emerged in the unlikely — and funny — convergence of two press releases on April Fool’s Day. Within hours of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s announcement that he would invoke congressionally granted waivers to expedite 470 miles of security-wall construction across the American southwest, Western Union rolled out a new service targeted at U.S. Latino consumers that will enable them to transfer money to Mexico with but a few keystrokes from their mobile phones.”*

*From: www.chron.com
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