Photos: U.S. immigration enforcement in McAllen, Texas
After crossing the Rio Grande River at night with the help of smugglers, women and children from Central America are detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
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Immigrants who’ve been released from detention until their court hearings can get food, clothing and a place to rest at the Humanitarian Respite Center at the Sacred Heart Church in McAllen before getting onto buses to continue their journeys.
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After crossing the Rio Grande River at night with the help of smugglers, a group is detained.
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Guatemalans Hector, 29, and his son Ricardo, 10, rest at Sacred Heart Church before catching a 1 a.m. bus to Los Angeles, where they aim to stay. Hector is wearing a leg bracelet to track his movements and ensure he makes his court hearings in months to come.
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As part of the catch and release of immigrants, adults are fitted with a tracking cuff to ensure they show up for their immigration hearings.
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Newly arrived immigrants line up at the Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, Texas, before going a Greyhound station to board buses to their final destinations around the country.
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At Sacred Heart Church, Sister Norma Pimentel, right, helps Jorge Anthua, 8, and his mother, who crossed the border after traveling from Guatemala.
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Samuel Rodas, 13, puts on clean clothes after his first shower in 10 days. He arrived in the U.S. illegally with his father, Miguel Rodas, a 42-year-old policeman who fled his town in central El Salvador after gang members threatened to kill him. Samuel hopes to attend school in the U.S.
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Miguel Rodas, center, and his son Samuel listen to information about future court hearings. Faviola, left, holds 2-month-old Kimberly and Genesis, 3. Faviola and her daughters, from Guatemala, are going to Kansas, where her husband has been living for a year.
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At the Greyhound bus station in Mc Allen, Texas, newly arrived families from Central America board buses for destinations across the U.S.
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Immigrants receive aid at Sacred Heart Church’s center in McAllen, Texas.
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After crossing the Rio Grande River, a group from Central America is detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)