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Illegal migrants wait to be transported from the Border Patrol Headquarters in McAllen, Texas. Their destination will either be Mexico or further processing through Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United States Border Patrol reports about 1,000,000 detentions each year. This does not mean that there are 1,000,000 people detained because some migrants get caught more than once. The Border Patrol has tried various methods to deter the illegal migrants from crossing the border, including providing one-way plane and bus tickets back home, but no policy so far has stopped the flow of migrants northward. ..During the past decade, millions of Mexican and Central American migrants have left their homes and families, faced death on the journey to the United States and lived under the specter of criminality once in this country. Despite these obstacles, these resilient immigrants are transforming American culture and posing fundamental questions of justice, citizenship, and labor to the country. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/jon lowenstein)