Cages Are Cruel. The Desert Is, Too.

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Cages Are Cruel. The Desert Is, Too.

By Francisco Cantú

Mr. Cantú was a Border Patrol agent from 2008 to 2012.

    June 30, 2018
 

TUCSON — During the three and a half years I worked for the United States Border Patrol, from 2008 to 2012, America’s immigration enforcement never made less sense to me than when I tried to explain it to those most affected by it.

Once, patrolling the border fence, I was flagged down by a woman on the other side. She asked for information about her son. She didn’t know where or how long ago he had crossed, or whether he had been detained or become lost somewhere along the way. She didn’t even know whether he was still alive.

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