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Members of a Right to Light campaign in Hidalgo County, Texas, where many of the colonias along the border lack street lights.

On the Texas border, they’re fighting for the right to have street lamps

Justice

The US spends millions trying to secure the US-Mexico border with agents, cameras and a huge wall. But just beyond that wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, residents are fighting for the street lights needed to make the area more safe.