Name: Migrant deterrence policies in question following multiple deaths at the border
Uploaded: 6/27/2019 3:32:25 AM
Duration: 124
Description: Reports of migrants dying while crossing the southern border are increasingly common, but while some blame the Trump administration for the desperate measures migrants are taking to step foot in the US, the phenomenon isn’t a new one.

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