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In arizona, much of the illegal immigrant debate has focused on mexican americans, but there's another group making its way across the border -- asians. our sandra endotakes a look. >> this is hot spot. the u.s. border in nogales, arizona. where border patrol says more and more asians are illegally trying to get into the country. they're pays smugglers up to 70 grand per person with a long risky pathway into america. compared to the $2,000 official says that latinos pay for the short journey. >> they're trying to exploit the area where is we might not have the technology. we might not have the...
Seriously. cnn's thelma gutierrez is in nogales tonight with the very latest. >> reporter: we traveled into the desert to an area neither the nogales border that is prime territory for drug smugglers. >> if you were to draw a straight line from mexico, here from nogales to mexico where the drugs are coming from, it's the main highway. >> reporter: the officer knows the area around the border well. this is where he grew up. it has become a strategic area for traffickers to move narcotics north. >> i would not doubt it, we're being watched. >> reporter: very dangerous. >> it's an ak 47 round. >>...