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Tensions Between Humanitarians and Federal Officials Rise Along the Border

Tim Vanderpool

Tucson Weekly | July 8, 2009

The humanitarians provide assistance, food and water to migrants. The feds mostly leave them alone to do so -- until recently, that is. Over the past couple of years, federal agencies have been putting more activists under the gun.

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Tags: Bureau of Land Management, humanitarian aid, Border Patrol, Arizona, Mexico, Immigration, border issues

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