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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  An undocumented immigrant looks out the window of a drop house discovered by law enforcement in Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, to waiting transport vans. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers search undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, before putting them on buses and taking them into ICE detention in Phoenix. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers search undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, before putting them on buses and taking them into ICE detention in Phoenix. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, to waiting transport vans. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers search undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, before putting them on buses and taking them into ICE detention in Phoenix. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, to waiting transport vans. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA:  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer escorts a family of undocumented immigrants out of a drop house discovered in Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MARCH 2003 - PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort undocumented immigrants discovered in a drop house in Phoenix, AZ, to waiting transport vans. Phoenix police and fire departments responded to reports of a migrant drop house in south central Phoenix and found more than 70 undocumented immigrants in the home. The immigrants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for processing and eventual removal from the US.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) patrol Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) talk to an Italian tourist on Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:     CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D- TX 18) (center) and her staff walk into the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, patrols on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, walks through a wash used by drug and immigrant smugglers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   James Peters (CQ), from the BLM office in Safford, works on the installation of vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   James Peters (CQ), from the BLM office in Safford, works on the installation of vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, patrols on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    A sign near the Vekal Valley on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) patrol Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattayaMakeover045.jpg
  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) patrol Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PattayaMakeover042.jpg
  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) patrol Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Tourist police process "katoeys" or Ladyboys, (the Thai term for a transgendered prostitute) on Walking Street in Pattaya. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Tourist police start their shift on Walking Street in Pataya. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3)  at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, and BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, and BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3)  at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3)  at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:     CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D- TX 18) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3)  at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) and SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D TX 18) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.         Photo     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:     CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to witnesses scheduled to testify at  the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to Brig. Gen. JOSE SALINAS, from the Arizona National Guard, before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to Brig. Gen. JOSE SALINAS, from the Arizona National Guard, before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to Brig. Gen. JOSE SALINAS, from the Arizona National Guard, before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) and an aide walk into the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. The subcommittee met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) and an aide walk into the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. The subcommittee met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   BLM Ranger Jason Marsoobian (CQ) talks to his shift supervisor Jon Young (CQ Jon - not in photo) during their shift on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     An abandoned bicycle on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. Smugglers have been known to use bicycles as well as cars to get through the desert.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Saguaro cactus on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, cuts for sign of smugglers during a foot patrol on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, patrols on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     A barbed wire fence marks the boundary between Bureau of Land Management land and the Tohono Oodham Nation south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Trash left behind by smugglers near I-8 on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:  Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, holds up a pair of slipper like foot coverings he found on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. Drug smugglers use to obscure the slippers to obscure their tracks as they walk through the desert.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:  A sign near the Vekal Valley on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Eric Reynolds (CQ LEFT) and James Peters (CQ) both from the BLM office in Safford, work on vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   James Peters (CQ), from the BLM office in Safford, works on the installation of vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:  Eric Reynolds (CQ), a BLM welder from the Safford office, works on vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. The BLM put in the vehicle barriers to stop immigrant and drug smugglers who were driving through the desert to reach Phoenix. Young said the barriers seemed to have worked because the number of vehicles recovered from the area is down substantially.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. The BLM put in the vehicle barriers to stop immigrant and drug smugglers who were driving through the desert to reach Phoenix. Young said the barriers seemed to have worked because the number of vehicles recovered from the area is down substantially.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2003 - CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO: Mexican riot police prepare to stop anti-globalization protestors marching through Cancun, Mexico during the World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings in Cancun. A few thousand people participated in the march, which was stopped by Mexican law enforcement at the edge of the city of Cancun, several miles from the WTO meeting site at the Cancun Convention Center. Up to 20,000 anti-globalization protestors are expected in Cancun for the WTO ministerial meetings.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MAY 2003 -- SELLS, AZ:  Law Enforcement officers process a group of 11 undocumented immigrants from Mexico sitting on the edge of AZ highway 86 after being apprehended by the US Border Patrol. The immigrants were initially apprehended by the Tohono O'Odham police west of Sells, AZ, the capital of Tohono O'Odham Indian Reservation, May 5, 2003. The van was stopped for a traffic violation by the tribal police, who found the immigrants hiding inside. The driver of the van was arrested for driving without a license, no insurance and having false license plates. The Tohono OOdham reservation covers a vast expanse of Southern Arizona and has a 70 mile border with Mexico. In recent years the reservation has been flooded with undocumented immigrants who pass through the reservation on their way north to Phoenix, AZ, and other cities in the US. About 1,500 undocumented immigrants, most from Mexico, cross the reservation, which has more land than the state of Delaware,  every day. According to the tribal government, the tribal police department spends about 60 percent of its resources dealing with crime created by the undocumented immigrants. Many times tribal police officers have to wait hours for the US Border Patrol to respond to calls to pick up undocumented immigrants. The officer waited for more than an hour for Border Patrol to arrive on the scene and eventually released the immigrants. Border Patrol arrived minutes later and reapprehended all of the immigrants.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) patrol Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: Members of the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) talk to an Italian tourist on Walking Street in Pataya. The FTPA assist local police in dealing with foreign tourists but don't have arrest powers. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: STEVE MANDALA, a volunteer with the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) falls into formation with other Tourist Police officers at the start of their shift on Walking Street in Pataya. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 - PATTAYA, CHONBURI, THAILAND: STEVE MANDALA, a volunteer with the Foreign Tourist Police Assistants (FTPA) falls into formation with other Tourist Police officers at the start of their shift on Walking Street in Pataya. Pataya, a beach resort about two hours from Bangkok, has wrestled with a reputation of having a high crime rate and being a haven for sex tourism. After the coup in May, the military government cracked down on other Thai beach resorts, notably Phuket and Hua Hin, putting military officers in charge of law enforcement and cleaning up unlicensed businesses that encroached on beaches. Pattaya city officials have launched their own crackdown and clean up in order to prevent a military crackdown. City officials have vowed to remake Pattaya as a "family friendly" destination. City police and tourist police now patrol "Walking Street," Pattaya's notorious red light district, and officials are cracking down on unlicensed businesses on the beach.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) and SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D TX 18) questions witnesses (on right) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) and SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D TX 18) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, and BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, and BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) and SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D TX 18) questions witnesses (on right) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:  PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1)  at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:    US Representatives PAUL GOSAR (R AZ 1) left, BEN QUAYLE (R AZ 3) and SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D TX 18) at the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security meeting Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to members of his staff before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2012 - PHOENIX, AZ:   CONGRESSMAN BEN QUAYLE (R-AZ 3) talks to members of his staff before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security met Monday in Phoenix to talk about ways to improve information-sharing among government law enforcement agencies to thwart the flow of illicit drugs from Mexico into Arizona. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and Ben Quayle, both from Arizona, and Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, from Texas, attended the meeting.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, patrols on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, changes a flat tire on his vehicle on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. The BLM put in the vehicle barriers to stop immigrant and drug smugglers who were driving through the desert to reach Phoenix. Young said the barriers seemed to have worked because the number of vehicles recovered from the area is down substantially.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, walks through a wash used by drug and immigrant smugglers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:    Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, walks through a wash used by drug and immigrant smugglers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Trash left behind by smugglers near I-8 on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Trash left behind by smugglers near I-8 on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. The BLM put in the vehicle barriers to stop immigrant and drug smugglers who were driving through the desert to reach Phoenix. Young said the barriers seemed to have worked because the number of vehicles recovered from the area is down substantially.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:  Eric Reynolds (CQ), a BLM welder from the Safford office, works on vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   James Peters (CQ), from the BLM office in Safford, works on the installation of vehicle barriers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:   Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM  Chief Ranger for Arizona, patrols on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JUNE 2006 - NOGALES, ARIZONA: Undocumented immigrants apprehended with the assistance of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Black Hawk helicopter in the custody of a US Border Patrol agent wait for pickup by a BP transport van in the desert between Nogales, AZ, and Tucson, AZ.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JUNE 2006 - NOGALES, ARIZONA: Undocumented immigrants apprehended with the assistance of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Black Hawk helicopter in the custody of a US Border Patrol agent wait for pickup by a BP transport van in the desert between Nogales, AZ, and Tucson, AZ.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Nogales, Mexico police in a bar check customers' ID cards during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2010 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Undocumented immigrant inmates from Lewis Prison are processed and transferred to federal ICE control Thursday. The Arizona Department of Corrections transferred 51 undocumented immigrant inmates from state control to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Lewis Prison in Buckeye Thursday morning. The inmates have less than 90 days left on their sentences and will be deported to their countries of origin when they finish their prison terms.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2010 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Charles Ryan (CQ) talks about the savings A DoC would realize by transferring undocumented immigrant prisoners to ICE control. The Arizona Department of Corrections transferred 51 inmates from state control to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Lewis Prison in Buckeye Thursday morning. The inmates have less than 90 days left on their sentences and will be deported to their countries of origin when they finish their prison terms.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, search a bar during an anti-gang patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JUNE 2006 - NOGALES, ARIZONA: A Black Hawk helicopter operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flies an anti-immigrant patrol over the desert between Nogales, AZ and Tucson, AZ.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Police in Nogales, Mexico, search bar patrons during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Men who were arrested by Nogales police sit in the back of a police truck during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, arrest a suspected gang member during an antidrug sweep in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: A Nogales, Mexico, police officer arrests a man in a bar during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Nogales, Mexico, police talk to people in a bar in Nogales during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 JANUARY 2010 -- BUCKEYE, AZ: Undocumented immigrant inmates from Lewis Prison are processed and transferred to federal ICE control Thursday. The Arizona Department of Corrections transferred 51 undocumented immigrant inmates from state control to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Lewis Prison in Buckeye Thursday morning. The inmates have less than 90 days left on their sentences and will be deported to their countries of origin when they finish their prison terms.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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