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Hundreds of Immigrants Are Rushing the Border Just to Get Caught

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Groups of as many as 200 immigrants have been crossing in broad daylight, told by smugglers they'll face better conditions if nabbed by the Border Patrol.

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Jennifer Whitney/The New York Times, via Redux

A pack of underaged migrants, many with their mothers, many more without, stand on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande in broad daylight, with less than a mile of water between them and Texas.

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