DRUGS AND THE BORDER

Re "Bring order to the border," editorial, March 26

For years the mantra was "keep out illegal aliens -- they're stealing
our jobs" while corporations were coyote-enablers to keep the
unregistered workers coming.

No one wanted to talk about the real horrors -- the drug and gun wars,
with thousands being murdered -- even when they spilled over to our
side of the border.

Thank God for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty and
courage. Now if the United States can just get behind a coordinated
security policy to help the Mexican people and our own.

Bonnie C. Hanson

Santa Ana