Illegal Immigrants Face Danger in Hot Texas Border Region

Over the last 16 years, according to U.S. government records, more than 6,000 people have died after crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico and finding themselves in a dangerous environment. Yet illegal immigrants, mostly from Central America, continue to cross the border in south Texas, where temperatures are soaring. In south Texas, the Rio Grande river that marks the border with Mexico is fairly easy to cross. But once across, the undocumented immigrants find little water,...

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