A California charity, called 'The Border Angels,' makes sure migrants who have died crossing the border into the US in search of a better life are treated with dignity in death
Volunteers of the nonprofit Border Angels are in a remote area of the mountains near the end of the fence at the US/Mexico border, in Tecate, California, placing water bottles to help immigrants as they cross the border on December 29, 2018. Most of his own security agencies disagree with him.
It's estimated up to ten thousand people may have died in the past twenty years while trying to cross the border. spent the day with the charity, 'The Border Angels', which is trying to preserve the memory of the victims and prevent further deaths.
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