San Diego cops warn Irish students to stop socializing in Mexico

mexico us border is a war zone these days as the current administration attempts to destroy the Constitutional republic of the US.

Mexico!Not a Patch on parts of Dublin.Fighting Irish,We dont scare too easy.Drop the drink age limit to 13/14 and that will sort the problem out.

Mexico is not like Australia, the other place where the young Irish are getting drunk senseless. In Australia, the worst that can happen is that you sleep it off in a prison cell. In Tijuana, Juarez etc. your body can wind up on a garbage dump somewhere.

They are not underage in Ireland, so studying in a country where they are considered underage must be a strain. If I were them I would probably do the same and head for the border, although I have never liked nightclubs and prefer bars. However, they need to take precautions, such as staying in groups, trying to keep to well-lighted areas, etc.

Wise counsel to those without a brain Irish. Schmucks. This is how they act away from athestic Ireland - read what the Aussies think of their prize donkeys and rue the day of their welcoming of civilized LOL worker bee prospects.

Just an aside on Visas, my other half is Argentine, and has a 10 year tourist visa for the US, which does allow for multiple entries, although I stress it is a tourist visa, which she has used on numerous occasions.

WK - I thought you were saying they should be denied due to being party animals! I am not au fait with the J1 regs, but judging by the fact that many head across to Mexico, it doesn't seem to exclude travel outside the US while on your exchange. I do agree with the point that the border areas and "plastic" Mexican towns there are potential danger zones, and whilst I made the journey some years ago, without incidents, I doubt I would spend time there at night these days.

I agree with Woundedknee. I was denied return entry from Canada and I carry american passport. They just did not like my Connemara brogue.

You don't post what I wrote, and what was said in the piece was equvalent to my comment.

All should be warned about the dangers in "Meheco" I was stationed in California, Marine Corps Base, Campen, "TJ", Tijuana was off limits, they were afraid we'd come back with a lot of stuff that we didn't leave with. Good advice!

Liam: It's a question of visas. Most people who come to the US on a visa use one that is good for one entry only. This is the most common. This means, as happened to my Irish friend, if you leave the US and need to come back, you require a separate and fresh visa. A similar thing happened to a former girl friend of mine from Latin America who went to Spain on a single entry visa. She was near Andorra, so she figured she'd go spend a day there and check it out. On the way back, the Spanish border guards gave her a real hard time because her One Entry visa had been used for one entry, and she was now trying to get into Spain a second time, technically without a visa. They finally let her in. She was a good-looking gal, I suspect if she had been a man they wouldn't have overlooked the visa problem. There are also multiple entry visas, which as the name suggests, permit you to come and go as you wish. Now I am not an expert on the visas that the Irish kids get to come and work here in the summer, so I am only speculating, but I suspect they are single entry visas. Which means, if that is correct, that once they leave the US (i.e go to Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez or wherever) they no longer have a valid visa to get back into the US. Regardless of all the above, I think they are crazy to get drunk in towns like Juarez or Tijuana or Nogales. I don't know Tijuana but I do know the others I mention, especially Juarez, and I'm scared stiff when I'm there in the day time and sober, and I speak good Spanish; it is truly the foolishness of youth to be there at night and drunk and not knowing a word of the language. It's a disaster waiting to happen.

the Mexicans dance on your head.dangerous place little dudes.

Well The Obama sent his daughter to Mexico to "socialize"... Party...of course she has a large group of heavily armed guards that we the tax payers are proud to supply....

Hey Wounded Knee, why should they be denied re-entry into the US, they haven't done anything wrong. Should all the college kids who head to Mexico for spring break be refused re-entry to the US because they were drinking at under 21 in Mexico. I fail to see your point at all. The article is simply stating the police warning to Irish, and probably all nationalities, that crime is ripe in Tijuana, and that revellers can be targets. Sadly, that caution can be given anywhere in the world - happens in Dublin, let alone Mexico.

No, Tooreen, I am very content. But I do have standards. Not like you and a lot of the Irish!