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I've been visiting Organ Pipe since I was a small child. My dad's ashes are spread there, and my mom wants hers put there as well. I still go once a year or so and hike a bit. The trails are trashed from all the water bottles and stuff left by folks hiking through. IMO, this will continue as long as we have social security cards that can be made on a home printer and employers who don't care as long as they can pay low wages.
I've run into groups of aliens a few times - they usually lay low during the days and hike at night when helicopters can't find them. The place is crawling with law enforcement - Border Patrol, Park Service Lawmen, military choppers, and state police. It's not enough.
It would be great if the park service rules were re-written to match the forest service policy of allowing CCW holders to carry on the land they administer.
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