Migrants
Aug 4 2008, AP

Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn’t see a doctor or get the right medicine.

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Graphic shows trends in remittances from the U.S. to Mexico and unemployment in Mexican immigrants in the U.S.; two sizes; 1c x 5 inches; 46.5 mm x 127 mm; 2c x 2 3/4 inches; 96.3 mm x 69.9 mm