Monday, December 26, 2005
Love on the border.
The LA Times has a bitter sweet article about a continuing problem among those who patrol our nations borders, love.
The forbidden romance between the Border Patrol agent and the illegal immigrant began in a gym.Reading the article, it is easy to say that all those cited should have known better, if you have never been in love yourself. But they went ahead and did what they did and found out that when your heart meets up with a bureaucracy, your heart will lose.
Maria Terrazas, 31, met Jose Ruiz three years ago at LM's Body Builders in this remote border town. Terrazas, a waitress and mother of two, knew Ruiz was a catch. As a Border Patrol agent, Ruiz belonged to an elite class in town: available men with good jobs and an education.
The two began dating, and their relationship continued even after Terrazas was deported to Mexico in November 2004. She quickly bluffed her way through U.S. customs and back to Ruiz.
Terrazas, who said several of her illegal immigrant girlfriends have relationships with border agents, saw nothing unusual about dating a man whose job was to keep people like her out of the U.S. "He had his own job and I had mine," Terrazas said in an interview. "I never thought it'd cause problems."
But it did.
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