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Children Making Perilous Border Crossing to U.S. Minors are increasingly being smuggled into the United States, with the help of guides some immigrants call "coyotes." Some make multiple trips in their attempts to join parents already in the United States illegally, and often at great personal risk.

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Children Making Perilous Border Crossing to U.S.

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Minors are increasingly being smuggled into the United States, with the help of guides some immigrants call "coyotes." Some make multiple trips in their attempts to join parents already in the United States illegally, and often at great personal risk.