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How increased security affects life for border residents

What life is like for residents who live on the U.S.-Mexican border?

03/28/2017 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

How increased security affects life for border residents

Clip: 3/28/2017 | 8m 23s

What life is like for residents who live on the U.S.-Mexican border?

In a sleepy, no-stoplight town 25 miles from the Arizona-Mexico border, you'll pass surveillance towers, border agents on patrol and checkpoints. This is life along the border, where security has been ramped up significantly since 9/11, sweeping up American citizens in its wake. William Brangham reports.

03/28/2017 | Rating NR

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