On the border
The post 9-11 crackdown on immigration has pressurized the illegal immigration system, and now, a trip across the desert can cost more than $2,000 — $10,000 if you include forged documents. Lowell Bergman gives us the lowdown on corruption at the border and the inner workings of the human smuggling
enterprise.
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