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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (1000)	7/10/2006 4:05:18 PM
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South Korean network looks to Yuma for immigration solution Associated Press YUMA, Ariz. - Troubled by its own illegal immigration problems, South Korea's most influential media network was in Yuma this week to learn about the debate here. Korean Broadcasting System is the public service broadcaster for the country. It sent a Los Angeles-based television crew to Yuma to meet with the U.S. Border Patrol and the Yuma Patriots, a local volunteer border watch group. "We decided that Yuma is the place," said Doyle Kim, an associate producer with the network. For years, South Korea has faced a labor shortage and boasts of one of the world's strongest economies - two factors that are drawing thousands of illegal immigrants each year. As in the United States, the immigrants perform some of the country's most difficult and lowest-paying jobs. Kim said his network wants to draw the government's attention to that fact. She and the rest of the crew rode along with the Border Patrol Wednesday and patrolled with the Patriots Thursday night to get footage for a 10-minute segment to run on their hour-long national news program. While the network was with them, Border Patrol agents apprehended two illegal immigrants, said Richard Hays, a spokesman with the agency's Yuma sector. "Unfortunately, in South Korea there's no Border Patrol agency," Kim said. "There's no way to stop them (from) crossing, so this is a very big issue. The amount of people is increasing, and we need this kind of solution." Flash Sharrar, co-founder of the Patriots, said it was surprising to get a call from a Korean television network asking for an interview. But once he thought about it, he understood. "They're looking for an answer no different than we are," he said. "They want to get their government's attention." KBS receives funds from the government and collects revenues from television license fees. The network has 25 local stations and 10 overseas bureaus. The Los Angeles crew left Yuma Friday morning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mercurynews.com