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Jennifer Collins

Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a US Customs and Border Protection processing facility, in Brownsville, Texas on June 18, 2014.

What you missed in US immigration this year

Conflict

The largest immigration detention center opened. Refugees from Bhutan struggled with depression and suicide. And migrants rode The Beast. These are the stories from 2014 you may have missed.

Zahit Salazar used to earn a little money selling clothes she bought near the southern border with Mexico. But Mexico's new checkpoints have made that too difficult. She's had to fall back on grinding corn to make tamales.

Locals say checkpoints along Mexico’s southern border mean endless commutes and shake-downs

Global Politics
Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Mexico Battered by One-two Tropical Storm Punch

Environment
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