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ROBINZIELINSKI—THELASCRUCESSUN-NEWSVIAAP Holy Cross Catholic Church parishioners gather on the corner in Las Cruces, N.M., on Sunday a er a explosion occurred at the outside entrance of the church during mass. ByPaulDavenport and Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press A New Mexico church service was set to start when the mailbox ex- ploded near the office en- trance. Unshaken in faith, the congregation of Cal- vary Baptist in Las Cru- ces headed to the parking lot, set up folding chairs and listened as the pastor drew from the story of Da- vid and Goliath. The explosion that sent the mailbox flying 100 feet over a woman's head was the first of two on Sunday that caused minor dam- age to two churches in Las Cruces — the second- largest city in New Mexico near the border of Mexico and Texas. Noonewasinjuredinthe blastsatCalvaryBaptistand HolyCrossRomanCatholic, but authorities said the ex- plosive devices could have caused serious injuries if anyone had been nearby. No arrests have been made. Calvary Baptist Pastor Scott Rodgers said he had spent three days preparing his sermon for Sunday but somehow sensed Saturday that he needed to change course. He searched the scriptures and was led to the story of David and Go- liath. "What I saw there is that when in the midst of diffi- cult situations, we need to, rather than look at the size of our problem, we need to look at the size of our God," he said. "It provided a great deal of comfort." Calvary Baptist re- opened Monday. No one answered the phone at Holy Cross, where an ex- plosion in a trash can caused damage to a glass entryway. Authorities have de- clined to provide specifics on the explosives that went off about 20 minutes apart at the two churches. Calvary Baptist sits at the corner off a major street about a mile from New Mexico State Uni- versity, while Holy Cross is tucked in a residential neighborhood less than four miles away. Arriving police offi- cers evacuated the church and blocked off surround- ing buildings while bomb- sniffing dogs searched the church property. Authorities are working to determine what materi- als were used and whether the blasts were related. Faith holds at churches hi t by 2 o ut si de b la st s NEW MEXICO By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON A govern- ment task force says more research is needed to de- termine if toddlers should be screened for autism even if check-ups or par- ents haven't spotted devel- opmental problems — de- spite guidelines from other health groups that urge such screening. Doctors are supposed to routinely check if young- sters are meeting appro- priate milestones or show signs of developmental dis- orders including autism. And specialists say parents should immediately point out any concerns, such as whether a child doesn't make eye contact, so they can receive appropriate di- agnostic testing. Monday's draft recom- mendation addresses an- other step, whether doctors also should use parent ques- tionnaires and similar tools to screen for autism in chil- dren under 3 who have no obvious symptoms. The U.S. Preventive Ser- vices Task Force said there's insufficient evidence to recommend either for or against so-called universal screening, and that doctors should use their own judg- ment until more research is in. While early treatment is promising for the more se- verely affected, that hasn't been studied in children who have mild symptoms that may be caught only in screening, said task force vice chairman and pedi- atrician Dr. David Gross- man. Other questions in- clude what age to screen, and what tool to use. "We're not saying it's the wrong thing. We're just say- ing we're not sure," Gross- man said. The American Academy of Pediatrics said the rec- ommendation runs counter to its own guideline that all children be screened at ages 18 months and 24 months, in addition to standard de- velopmental checks. Other health groups also support screening. "You identify the kids early, you get them to treat- ment early, and the out- come is better," said Dr. Susan E. Levy of the Chil- dren's Hospital of Philadel- phia and AAP's autism sub- committee. The task force's draft rec- ommendation is open for public comment for 30 days. HEALTH Task force urges research into child autism screening By Sergio Bustos and Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press MIAMI Jeb Bush outlined plans Monday to improve se- curity of the nation's borders and enforcement of its exist- ing immigration laws, call- ing both a requirement be- fore any president could be- gin to address the status of the estimated 11 million peo- ple living in the country il- legally. "Finding a practical solu- tion to the status of the peo- ple who are here illegally to- day is a nonstarter if our bor- ders are not secure against future illegal immigration," the former Republican gov- ernor of Florida said in a statement, released ahead of Monday night's GOP can- didate forum in New Hamp- shire and the party's first presidential primary debate later in the week. A focus on border se- curity as a pre-condition of any overhaul of the na- tion's immigration laws has become a common policy point among many of the Republican candidates for president. But Bush's focus on this aspect of the debate is no- table, given the months he has spent defending his support for creating a path to permanent legal status for those in the country il- legally — a position that is deeply unpopular among the party's most passion- ate primary voters. Many aspects of Bush's border security proposal, from creating "forward- operating bases" to increas- ing the use of drones and other technology to watch for drug and human traf- fickers, are not new. Sev- eral are already employed by federal authorities and they largely mirror those Bush suggested in his 2013 book "Immigration Wars," which he co-wrote with former U.S. attorney Clint Bolick. Bush, who is fluent in Spanish, married to a Mex- ican immigrant and refers to his children as Hispanic, has largely taken a softer tone than most in the GOP field on immigration. He has said those who come to the U.S. illegally do so as "an act of love" to make a better life for their families. Bush has also ar- gued that resolving the na- tion's immigration debate is key to boosting the nation's economic growth, saying the country's legal immi- gration process should fo- cus more on letting in work- ers the country needs rather than reuniting families. Last week, he again re- jected the idea that a resolu- tion of the immigration de- bate should begin with the mass deportation of people who are now in the coun- try illegally. "The idea of self-deporta- tion, of rounding people up, is not an American value," Bush said at a campaign stop in Florida. "Americans reject that idea." Beyond the border, Bush said in his Monday pro- posal that the federal gov- ernment must keep better track of foreign visitors, cit- ing a 2006 report from the Pew Hispanic Center that found up to half the num- ber of people here illegally have overstayed their visas. "While we need to find a practical solution to the sta- tus of people who are here illegally today, as we se- cure the border going for- ward, we need to identify and send home the people who enter the country le- gally but overstay their vi- sas or otherwise violate the terms of their admission," he said. 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