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>> It's very bumpy, guys.

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Sorry.

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>> In America's war on
illegal immigration,

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this is the front line.

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We're with the US border patrol

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as they battle an unprecedented
wave of people trying

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to sneak into the country.

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>> The group is straight
north of you.

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There's a possibility
they might see you.

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Do not go further north.

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Put out a bump so everybody
can go to your location.

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>> The instructions from
a chopper guiding agents

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on the ground towards
a group of migrants.

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>> They find the path of least
resistance and come towards me.

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>> Usually you'll see big
patches of grass growing,

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but whenever some trail
is heavily used --

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>> This is one of the
routes for those looking

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for a better life in the north.

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And this is that border, the
Rio Grande, on this side, Texas,

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on the other Mexico,
where more than half

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of all would-be illegal
immigrants are caught.

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>> We have a whole bunch
of interagency people.

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Look, there's a group
right there.

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[ Foreign Language Spoken ]

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>> They just crossed the river
on a raft, sent on their way

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by people smugglers at a
cost of thousands each.

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>> A lot of the kids
that were here, you know,

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they're unaccompanied.

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They just come with family
members, and over here,

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you have a couple
family units, as well.

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But they're all, yeah, they're
mostly under the age of 18.

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>> Patty left Honduras with
her 2-year-old six weeks ago.

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And what's the journey
been like?

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[ Foreign Language Spoken ]

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>> She says horrible.

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You know, she's without
shoes, as you see here.

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[ Foreign Language Spoken ]

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They didn't give her --
she doesn't have any money.

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She was without food and it's
been a long journey for her.

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>> How does she feel
now, having been stopped?

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[ Foreign Language Spoken ]

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>> She's scared that we're going
to send her back to her country,

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you know, despite the fact --

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despite everything that
she's been through.

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>> The Border Patrol say
they are winning this battle,

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flooding the area with extra
resources, but some disagree.

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This man is a member of
one of the growing number

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of private militias now
patrolling the border.

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>> My worry is my
family's future.

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I see the way our government
is slowly being weakened,

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and I just want my
future grandchildren

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and their future children to
have the same freedoms as I did.

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Basically, this is
a standard AR-15.

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>> But the Border Patrol told us
they don't want help like this.

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>> AK-47s.

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>> No one knows how many
migrants are getting through.

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Some pay the highest cost.

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The bodies of more
than 100 who died

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on the journey were found dumped
in mass graves in this cemetery.

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So just surviving makes
these the lucky ones.

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Just the chance they'd make it
into the US, worth all the risk.

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Greg Milam, Sky News, on
the Rio Grande in Texas.