TITLE

The Border: Funneling Migrants to Their Doom

AUTHOR(S)

Mart�nez, �scar

PUB. DATE

September 2011

SOURCE

NACLA Report on the Americas;Sep/Oct2011, Vol. 44 Issue 5, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the plight of Mexican migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The crimes committed against undocumented migrants who pass through the border are mentioned including kidnappings by organized crime groups, and rapes against women. The dangers faced by migrants after the U.S. government put up a wall at the border are examined.

ACCESSION #

67286252

Tags: IMMIGRANTS;  BOUNDARIES;  MEXICANS

 

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