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How America Started the Border Crisis
VICIOUS CIRCLE
The kids fleeing to our southern border are escaping criminals who learned their deadly trade in the U.S. Two aid workers explain the roots of Central America’s deadly dysfunction.
Eleanor Clift
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Jul. 25 2014
5:45AM EDT
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