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Friday September 19, 2014

Scientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure

Lori Baker with her husband, Erich. Baker is founder and executive director of the International Consortium for Forensic Identification, Reuniting Families Project. StoryCorps hide caption

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Scientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure

September 19, 2014 • Lori Baker uses DNA samples to track down the loved ones of immigrants who died on their journeys. "I would love not to do this anymore, but I don't think I have it in me not to," she says.

Scientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure

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Thursday June 5, 2014

Riding 'The Beast' Across Mexico To The U.S. Border

Migrants arrive at a rest stop in Ixtepec, Mexico, after a 15-hour ride atop a freight train headed north toward the U.S. border on Aug. 4. Thousands of migrants ride atop the trains, known as La Bestia, or The Beast, during their long and perilous journey through Mexico to the U.S. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption

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Riding 'The Beast' Across Mexico To The U.S. Border

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June 5, 2014 • As many as a half-million undocumented immigrants, including more and more children, make dangerous 1,450-mile trips atop this network of freight trains each year.

Wednesday January 30, 2013

It's All Politics

In Immigration Debate, 'Undocumented' Vs. 'Illegal' Is More Than Just Semantics

January 30, 2013 • The term "illegal immigrant" has become a thorny subject — which might explain why President Obama opted not to use it in his address on immigration reform. But the term "undocumented immigrant" is not without its own political connotations.