Seven-year old girl dies in Border control custody

The World

 Following the death of a Guatemalan girl who crossed the desert in New Mexico in a group of migrants, Migration Policy Institute’s Doris Meissner speaks with host Carol Hills about what makes crossing into the US so dangerous.

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