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Border Patrol: Uptick in migrant rescues along the border due to hot temps

Border Patrol: Uptick in migrant rescues along the border due to hot temps

Border Patrol: Uptick in migrant rescues along the border due to hot temps

As temperatures rise, so do cases of migrants in distress.

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Border Patrol: There's an uptick in migrant rescues along the border due to hot temps

Summer may be just a few days away, but the heat has already taken a toll on people, particularly migrants traveling through South Texas ranchlands.

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Attorney discovers premature baby and teenage mother detained in overcrowded Border Patrol center

Immigrant advocates raise concerns over health conditions at detention centers.

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Migrant advocates decry conditions of teen mother and premature newborn in border facility

The advocates say it's another example of the poor living conditions migrants are facing while in U.S. custody.

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Del Rio trying to adjust to the border crisis

County officials say at least 100 migrants are coming to the city each day.

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Del Rio's resources stretched thin by migrant influx

Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio sector have arrested more than 36-thousand people since last October—and those numbers continue to rise. The influx of migrants is putting a strain on the small community.

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Texas mother-daughter duo stitch humanity onto the immigration debate

Strangers across the country have expressed support for "Pillows of Love" with letters and donations.

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Texas mother-daughter duo stitch humanity into the immigration debate

Melba Salazar-Lucio and her 83-year-old mother Maria Elena Salazar started a project last summer called “pillows of love.”

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Border Patrol Agents in Del Rio hit with new challenges as influx of migrants increases

Agents in the Del Rio Sector have arrested over 36,000 people since October 2018, and their list of duties continues to grow.

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Tight resources and new obstacles for U.S. Border Patrol agents

Just two hours south of San Antonio, Border Patrol in Del Rio say they are in dire of help not just to secure the border, but to care for family units that have crossed.

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Texas ranch owner offers up land for border wall to save cattle business

As the cattle fever tick continues to cross the border, one ranch owner thinks a border wall could help.

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Texas ranch owner offers up land for border wall to save cattle business

One Texas ranch owner is offering up his property to protect his livelihood.

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