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When Karla fled her native Honduras for the United States she had to cross three borders. On her first trip she was caught and held in Mexico before being deported back to Honduras. On her second try she made it to the United States, only...

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Enriqueta was smuggled across the border and held briefly in a drop house before being arrested and deported. She then made her home in a bus depot on the border… but was she free to leave or caught in some kind of servitude? Click on...

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Iris didn’t know when she left on her journey that a woman’s body is all she has to barter with in the desert. Frequently, it is the only currency that matters. Click on the headlines to the left to view photos of Iris and learn...

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Concepcion set out from the state of Morelos, in Mexico, to visit her daughter in Pennsylvania. She made it to the border and was never heard from again. Click the headlines on the left to view photos of Concepcion and her family. Read Concepcion’s story...

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The Tucson Border Patrol Sector is the busiest in the nation. Its agents apprehend between 400 and 600 illegal immigrants daily. Ten percent of those are processed through Streamline. by Lauren Gambino Operation Streamline Explore this topic: Main Differences Along the Border A Proposed Expansion...

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by Lauren Gambino Operation Streamline Explore this topic: Main Prosecuted Under Streamline Jailed for Crossing NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico — Rosalinda Rodriguez-Martinez, 61, worked as a caretaker for an elderly couple in Arizona for 14 years. She developed a genuine affection for the family and enjoyed...

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by Lauren Gambino Operation Streamline Explore this topic: Main Prosecuted Under Streamline Jailed for Crossing FLORENCE, Ariz. — Gerardo Morales-Perez knew crossing la frontera wasn’t going to be easy. The 22-year-old knew about the Sonoran Desert wasteland and the risks that came with traversing it....

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Violent death stalks immigrants and others who come into contact with cartels. By Lisa Ruhl TUCSON, Ariz. – Line by line, the police and autopsy reports tell the story of Mario Rivera-Rivera’s undoing along the border. His head was almost completely wrapped in duct tape....

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Families of missing immigrants, law enforcement and medical examiners band together in a macabre effort to match unidentified dead bodies with missing persons. By Rebekah Zemansky TUCSON, Ariz. — The calls come in every day from people who are searching for sons and fathers, mothers...

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Experts say illegal immigration has not increased crime in the United States. But some politicians and law enforcement officials continue to insist otherwise. By Cristina Rayas The first casualty in the war of words over illegal immigration seems to have been the facts. Political rhetoric...

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