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The Epidemic of Debt Plaguing Central American Migrants by Jonathan Blitzer…

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When Elias López decided to leave his home in the western highlands of Guatemala for the United States, in 2014, the going rate to hire a smuggler was ninety thousand quetzales, or about twelve thousand dollars. López, who was eighteen, worked two jobs at the time, one in construction and the other as a day […]

‘BLINDED BY POLITICS’ IN SECURING SOUTHERN BORDER…

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen accused members of the press and Congress of being “blinded by politics” regarding the border situation, during a Tuesday interview with Tucker Carlson. “Why is it that the press, many in Congress, don’t seem to recognize the magnitude of this? Do you think it’s that they don’t know the details […]

400 Migrants Apprehended Within Five Minutes in El Paso Sector…

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El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended two large groups of Central American migrants after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. Agents apprehended the two groups totaling more than 400 during a five-minute period early Tuesday. Agents patrolling near Bowie High School came upon a group of 194 migrants at about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday. […]

‘The Conveyor Belt’: U.S. Officials Say Massive Smuggling Effort Is Speeding Immigrants to – and Across – the Southern Border…

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Criminal organizations in Mexico have mounted a lucrative new smuggling operation that uses express buses to deliver Guatemalan migrant families to the U.S. border in a matter of days, making the journey faster, easier and safer, according to U.S. law enforcement reports and U.S. and Guatemalan officials. The smugglers entice families with promises their journey […]

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