DEATH AND SUFFERING IN THE BORDERLANDS

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Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith, an activist and humanitarian worker with No More Deaths--an organization in Southern Arizona that works to stop the death and suffering in the borderlands, much of which is the direct result of US Homeland Security policies.  They talk about a recent report called "The Disappeared"--which includes the Border Patrol tactic of pushing migrants into the back country where the risk of death is much higher. Here is a video on the report.

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