Photos: A Murder by the Border

A Murder by the Border
Christopher Morris / VII for TIME

Patrol in the Dark
The task of securing the border falls to the federal government, which despite the tough language that sometimes comes out of Washington, lacks the resources and manpower to effectively monitor the hundreds of miles of border that run through the state. Photo taken April 2010.

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