ROMA, Texas — Dozens of people paddled down the Rio Grande in kayaks and canoes Saturday to protest a border fence they say will do little to stop illegal immigration but will destroy the impoverished region's burgeoning bird-watching industry....We must have illegal aliens to watch the birds that Americans just won't watch.
Bird watchers worldwide know it as a spot to glimpse four birds seen only in Starr and neighboring Zapata County -- the white-collared seedeater, red-billed pigeon, Audubon's oriole and black-throated sparrow. Roma, a city of about 10,000, has built a new birding center just a block from the river to help boost tourism.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Stopping the Border Fence is for the Birds
No, I'm not making this up:
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