'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert

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'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert

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Oct 14, 2016

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In the burning heat of Arizona's vast, mostly empty Wild West desert, young Mexican American teenagers decide between working for the border guard or for the cartels smuggling drugs and people north. The kids that choose to be border agents face anger within their own families, as migrants desperate to come to the US die nameless deaths.

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Oct 14, 2016

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In an era of “us” and “them,” be an “other” — someone trying to understand how we all live together. Journalism about the multicultural nation America will become — hosted by Rupa Shenoy.

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'That Mexican thing' lurking in the Arizona desert

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