Brazilians, Chinese, Pakistanis and many others are joining the tide of Mexicans who sneak across every day.
"OTMs include people from all over the world — South America, the Middle East, the Caribbean," explained former Immigration and Naturalization Service Special Agent Michael W. Cutler, currently a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (search). "Anyone other than Mexican is an OTM."
In 2001, 5,251 "OTMs" were caught crossing over from Mexico. Last year, the number was more than 35,000.
The technical federal term for non-Mexican wetbacks is Other Than Mexican (OTM). They count this in statistics.
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Brazilians, Chinese, Pakistanis and many others are joining the tide of Mexicans who sneak across every day.
"OTMs include people from all over the world — South America, the Middle East, the Caribbean," explained former Immigration and Naturalization Service Special Agent Michael W. Cutler, currently a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (search). "Anyone other than Mexican is an OTM."
In 2001, 5,251 "OTMs" were caught crossing over from Mexico. Last year, the number was more than 35,000.