1.   Barak said he could not promise border residents that they would be out of danger soon.

2.   Both offer lucrative work to border residents who otherwise would have little chance to earn a decent living.

3.   In this election year, the concerns of Valley farmers and the growing numbers of border area residents are of particular concern to candidates.

4.   Many border residents said they had mixed feelings about the immigrants themselves, but not about relaxing their end of the border again.

5.   Many U.S. border residents say the blockades have brought relief from crime.

6.   Most U.S. border residents seem to support the new strategy.

7.   Not all border residents are delighted with the enforcement.

8.   Ranchers and other border residents complain about cut fences, trash, thievery and vandalism.

9.   Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, was surprised to learn of the guard patrols and said they posed a threat to the safety of border residents.

10.   Since Mexico has no right-to-know law, border residents were never able to force the disclosure of the amounts and types of toxic chemicals in their neighborhoods.