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Immigration

Jan. 5, 2001

Deadly Gatekeeper

California is known as a land without seasons, but the climate in the deserts and mountains along the California-Mexico border is unforgiving. In these desolate regions, scores of migrants are now dying slow and brutal deaths from hypothermia and heatstroke. That so many people die in their journey to our country is tragic. That they die as a result of an intentional government policy is scandalous.

        By Jordan Budd and William Aceves
        
        California is known as a land without seasons, but the climate in the deserts and mountains along the California-Mexico border is unforgiving. In these desolate regions, scores of migrants are now dying slow and brutal deaths from hypothermia and heatstroke. That so many people di...

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