Relief Team Forms on US Border When Public Funds Fall Short

Driving a jumbo canary yellow pickup truck in which he once fit 15 migrant mothers and children, Mario Garcia pulls into the Laredo, Texas bus station on an August afternoon. He’s been waiting all day for a woman named Maribel and her child. Federal agents were supposed to have released her from detention after they issued her a court date. The one-room bus station is buzzing with travelers. There is another woman waiting - her name is Ana and she has three children. They arrived from...

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