Will the Border Patrol Use Hurricane Evacuations to Snag Undocumented Immigrants?

Kevin Sieff
The Texas Observer | August 12, 2009
If a violent hurricane hits South Texas, 150,000 undocumented immigrants will want to flee the Rio Grande Valley. But U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints might keep them from evacuating.

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