Name: The Lethality of Militarizing the Border by Texas Standard
Duration: 4 min 59 s
Description: Texas Observer reporter, Melissa del Bosque, joins the Standard to talk about what is being done to change current DPS policies to prevent unnecessary fatalities to immigrants trying to cross the border.

Texas Observer reporter, Melissa del Bosque, joins the Standard to talk about what is being done to change current DPS policies to prevent unnecessary fatalities to immigrants trying to cross the border.

The Lethality of Militarizing the Border

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The Lethality of Militarizing the Border

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