Name: Migrant deterrence policies in question following multiple deaths at the border
Uploaded: 6/27/2019 3:32:25 AM
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Description: Reports of migrants dying while crossing the southern border are increasingly common, but while some blame the Trump administration for the desperate measures migrants are taking to step foot in the US, the phenomenon isn’t a new one.

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Migrant deterrence policies in question after deaths at the southern border

Migrants take desperate measures in pursuit of the 'American dream.'

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Father-daughter border drowning highlights migrants' perils

The searing photograph of the sad discovery of their bodies on Monday, captured by journalist Julia Le Duc, highlights perils most Central American migrants face.

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Texas woman fights against border wall while caring for mom with brain cancer

The Alvarez family said the government told them in November they wanted to take a piece of their land passed on from five generations for a border wall.

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What's keeping the last hand-drawn border ferry alive?

El Chalan has continued the old ways of ferrying people between two countries for nearly 70 years.

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New Mexico militia leader arrested for possession of firearms and ammunition

He allegedly made statements that the group was training to assassinate Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton.

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Travelers from Mexico are stuck waiting even longer at ports of entry before Easter

The reassignment of customs agents to help Border Patrol has caused delays in legal trade and travel.

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DHS to open tent-like facilities to mitigate migrant overcrowding at CBP processing centers

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced the new strategy to stem an influx of illegal immigration when he visited the U.S.-Mexico border this week.

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Video: Hundreds of asylum seekers surrender to armed civilians at New Mexico border

One of the members of an armed civilian group said he walked outside their camp at the border and saw hundreds of people heading their way.

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Court grants temporary win to Trump administration over 'remain in Mexico' policy

The U.S. has returned more than 1,300 migrants to await their asylum hearings in Mexico.

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NYT: Trump urged acting DHS sec. to close the border, after publicly saying he would delay decision

Residents' concerns have been renewed over a border shutdown in South Texas

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Pastor converts half of his church into center for asylum-seeking families

The continued surge of undocumented asylum seekers has overwhelmed both the federal government and local charities, prompting a Texas pastor to answer the call to help.

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Federal judge halts Trump asylum policy keeping migrants waiting in Mexico

The temporary injunction comes amid a new record for undocumented migrant families crossing the southern border.

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Armed civilians living off the grid to catch migrants illegally crossing the border

The group doesn't consider themselves vigilantes or a militia, and says their mission is simply "to document the crisis on the border."

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Border towns brace for possible fallout amid Trump's threat to close southern border

The reassignment of customs agents is already causing delays in daily border commerce and some fear it'll only get worse.

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Migrant refugee: 'I was held for 5 days with my daughter, sleeping on rocks and in the cold'

Church takes in asylum-seeking families held for days in an outdoor Border Patrol pen.

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A Honduran father told his son they were going on vacation. They were really being smuggled through Mexico.

One asylum seeker reveals why Central American migrants are rushing to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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