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Daniel, from Honduras (left) wants to be a mechanic in NJ. Richard from Venezuela (right) is a pipe fitter who lost his middle finger in an accident. Both are seeking menial labor in the U.S. (All photos by Sergio Flores for The Free Press)
Peter Savodnik on the crisis nobody wants to solve.
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MATAMOROS, MEXICO — On a recent Wednesday, Daniel Cortez, a 45-year-old mechanic from Honduras, and Richard Betancourt, a 46-year-old pipe fitter from Venezuela, were holding court at the migrants camp here on the northernmost edge of Mexico.
They sat in bridge chairs under a tarp and a drizzly, gray-white sky. Beyond the tents, past the field strewn wit…
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