The Border Patrol's Lame Way

Migra is a new book about the U.S.-Mexico border patrol and its use of violence. The Border Patrol's job has never been to actually enforce the rule of law or even protect the border, says migra. It was always undermanned and under funded; agents generally used violence at their discretion. "It would be so much easier if we would just let imigrants come and then just let them live"