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Broken Border

Border Patrol searches for missing 2-year-old girl in Rio Grande

The girl's mother said her daughter was swept away as they tried to cross the river near Del Rio.

Luis from Honduras holds his three year old son Eduardo as they walk through a field after illegally crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Penitas on November 7, 2018.

Broken Border

A surge of migrants arriving at the Texas-Mexico border has pushed the country's immigration system to the breaking point as new policies aimed at both undocumented immigrants and legal asylum seekers have contributed to a humanitarian crisis. The Texas Tribune is maintaining its in-depth reporting on this national issue.

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