A crew member on a UH-1 Huey helicopter belonging to the Air and Marine Operations (AMO) division of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency looks out over the Rio Grande River on an early morning mission to identify people crossing into the U.S. illegally from Mexico and report them to the Border Patrol.
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A mother and daughter from El Salvador walk down a road near the Rio Grande River in deep south Texas just prior to being picked up by the Border Patrol for crossing illegally into the U.S. There has been a flood of mothers with children and unaccompanied minors from Central America fleeing gang violence crossing illegally with the intention of being picked up and requesting asylum.
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A woman from El Salvador who crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S. illegally with her daughter to seek asylum removes a rubber band from her daughter's hair while being taken into custody by a Border Patrol agent.
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A woman and her daughter from El Salvador who crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S. illegally are taken into custody by a Border Patrol agent.
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A little girl from El Salvador looks at a Border Patrol agent after being taken into custody with her mother for crossing the Rio Grande River illegally into the U.S.
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A Border Patrol agent takes a group of Honduran women and children who crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S. illegally to seek asylum into custody.
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A Border Patrol agent collects personal effects from a Honduran woman taken into custody for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A Honduran woman gives a child a drink of water while waiting to be taken into custody by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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Two Border Patrol agents collect personal information from two Honduran women taken into custody for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A Border Patrol agent takes a group of Central Americans into custody for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A group of Central Americans walks down a road prior to being picked up by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S. in deep south Texas.
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A Honduran woman and her two teenage sons walk down a road prior to being picked up by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A group of Central Americans rests in the shade while being picked up by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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Two Border Patrol agents take a group of Central Americans into custody for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A Honduran couple remove their shoelaces as part of the process of being picked up by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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A Honduran woman helps an infirm older compatriot while being taken into custody by the Border Patrol for illegally crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
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