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latino-voices
The Huffington Post

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I recently watched the movie ‘A Better Life’ which is a poignant story of undocumented migrants.  The last scene in the movie is a led in to this piece.

Not many people consider the human side of immigration, let alone take the time to document the belongings of those left behind by the migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Worn sneakers, dirty backpacks and empty water bottles fill the Sonoran desert. Each object tells a story of struggle, hope and determination and it wasn’t until recently that they were collected for anthropologists hoping to study the science behind migration phenomenon.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/migrants-belongings-us-mexico-border_n_1213910.html?icid=maing-grid7|myaol|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D129213#s623732&title=Migrant_Belongings_Left

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