Monday, April 10, 2017

Rio Grande Valley is unusually quiet as illegal border crossings drop to lowest point in at least 17 years - LA Times

Rio Grande Valley is unusually quiet as illegal border crossings drop to lowest point in at least 17 years - LA Times: Slowly, the Border Patrol truck cut through the darkness, its headlights illuminating a deserted, sandy road framed by long grass and yellow mesquite trees.

“This area used to be really hot,” said Marlene Castro, a supervisory Border Patrol agent, as she scanned the path ahead for immigrants who had crossed the Rio Grande illegally into the United States. “You couldn’t move. Every time you turned a corner, you’d run into group after group.”

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