Al Gore and George W. Bush have blitzed the country with proposals on education, health care and taxes. These matters intersect, possibly in disturbing ways. U.S. Mexican authorities have acknowledged that an anti- drug squad was patrolling near where U.S. Border Patrol agents last week reported a confrontation with armed men north of the border , U.S. officials said Thursday. But Mexico, which said six soldiers were looking for drug smuggling, maintains that the squad did not cross into the United States or fire weapons, U.S. officials said. Meanwhile, the union representing Border Patrol agents in San Diego says the agency downplayed the seriousness of the Oct. 24 confrontation, during which it says uniformed men pursued a pair of agents on the U.S. side.
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In San Antonio, KROM- FM alerts listeners when the Border Patrol is in the area. Verdes, because they wear green uniforms, and limones, because if they catch you, they'll sour your whole day. When it comes to immigration, Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants cold, hard facts. Immigration has to respond to the economy. Feinstein's eight years in the Senate have been marked by immigration decisions that reflect practical politics.