Fortress America - Part 3

Eagle Pass, Texas

Climbing out of a white Border Patrol SUV, agent Randy Clark scans the barren golf course. It's not much to look at, empty except for a hardy foursome hacking at the ocher-colored grass. The Rio Grande - low at this point in early winter - snakes slowly nearby.

Still, a wide smile breaks across the agent's face. On this golf course at this moment, "nothing" is exactly the point.

A year ago, "you could sit here and watch dozens of (illegal immigrants) come out of those houses on the other side of the river and wade across. ... Groups of 40 or 50 or 60 would come across in broad daylight, and just cross in a straight line," Clark said.

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