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A Mexican Migrant's Death Portends Dangers of Harsh "Border Security" in Senate Immigration Bill

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Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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http://www.democracynow.org - As the Senate begins debate over border enforcement in the immigration reform bill, we look at the human cost of militarization of the border. The award-winning PBS documentary "Crossing the Line at the Border: Dying to Get Back," tells the story of Alfonso Martinez Sanchez, a 39-year-old father of five U.S.-born children. After being deported, Alfonso got heat stroke while attempting to re-enter the U.S. through the Arizona desert to reunite with his children. He later died after Border Patrol agents refused to heed his friend's pleas to help him. Reporter John Carlos Frey of the Nation Institute's Investigative Fund joins us to discuss Sanchez's story and the lessons it holds for the Senate's debate over immigration reform.
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