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The day after deportation: One teenager's story
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Sep 12, 2014
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The day after deportation: One teenager's story
Thousands of children have traveled from Central America to the U.S. border in recent months, but Mexico has been cracking down in migrants en route to the U.S. and sending them home. A Fronteras Desk reporter shares one teen's story.
As thousands of children travel from Central America to the U.S. border, Mexico is cracking down and sending people home.
As thousands of children travel from Central America to the U.S. border, Mexico is cracking down and sending people home.
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Thousands of children have traveled from Central America to the U.S. border in recent months, but Mexico has been cracking down in migrants en route to the U.S. and sending them home. A Fronteras Desk reporter shares one teen's story.

Immigration courts are gearing up to decide the fate of tens of thousands of children from Central America who came to the U.S. border in recent months. 

Meanwhile, Mexico has been cracking down on these migrants en route to the U.S., and is already sending children back to their home countries. 

Fronteras Desk reporter Jude Joffe-Block met a teenager in El Salvador who had just been deported from Mexico the day before.