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Ask a Mexican: Why Do Mexicans Risk Dying in the Desert to Get to the U.S.?

by Gustavo Arellano January 14th, 2015December 16th, 2020

Dear Mexican: Many Mexicans die in the Sonoran Desert in the Tucson border sector as they try to get to el otro lado. This is because your buddies at la migra in the L.A. sector have pushed them over this way. Instead of sneaking in with small groups, why don’t Mexicans just mass at the […]

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