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CBP agents patrol the gaps and ends of the US-Mexico border fence

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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
U.S. Air and Marine Operations (AMO) supervisor Gabe Mourik performs a pre-flight check before piloting a helicopter patrol near the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter patrol searches for immigrant footprints near the All-American Canal near the US-Mexico border on September 28, 2022 at the Imperial Sand Dunes, Calif.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
the U.S.-Mexico border fence stretches across shifting sand on September 28, 2022 at Imperial Sand Dunes, California.
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Immigrant footprints stretch across shifting sand near the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2022 at the Imperial Sand Dunes, California.
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The US-Mexico border fence stops at a mountainside on September 28, 2022 near Welton, Arizona.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
The U.S.-Mexico border fence stops at rugged terrain in the Sonoran Desert on September 28, 2022 near Welton, Arizona.
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The U.S.-Mexico border fence stops at a mountainside on September 28, 2022 near Welton, Arizona.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
A US Border Patrol agent searches rugged terrain for a group of immigrants who had illegally crossed US-Mexico border on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Ariz..
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Border Patrol agents speaks with handcuffed immigrants after capturing them in the mountains near the US-Mexico border on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Ariz.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Agents detain a group of immigrants after tracking them through rugged terrain on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Ariz.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Agents detain a group of immigrants after tracking them through rugged terrain on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Ariz.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Agents detain a group of immigrants after tracking them through rugged terrain on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Agents detain a group of immigrants after tracking them through rugged terrain on September 28, 2022 at the Organ Pipe National Monument, Ariz.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Shipping containers fill a previous gap in the U.S.-Mexico border wall on September 27, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona. Some gaps in the wall built by the Trump Administration were recently filled with shipping containers by the Arizona state government, making it more difficult for immigrants to cross in certain areas.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Shipping containers fill a previous gap in the US-Mexico border wall on September 27, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Shipping containers fill a previous gap in the US-Mexico border wall on September 27, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona. Some gaps in the wall built by the Trump Administration were recently filled with shipping containers by the Arizona state government, making it more difficult for immigrants to cross in certain areas.
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Migrant Border Crossings Into The U.S. Surge To New Record High
Cuban immigrant Felix Bermudez, 56, stands next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence after traveling with his family on September 27, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona. They had left their central Cuban province of Camaguey almost three weeks before, flying to Nicaragua before traveling by land through Central America and Mexico to reach the United States to seek political asylum.
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