Francisco Cantú

Author of “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From The Border”

Author of “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From The Border”

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Francisco Cantu grew up near the U.S.-Mexico border, and he wanted to understand it better -- the policy fights over it, the people who cross it. So he joined the border patrol.

Hard truths about what it means to be a border patrol agent

Francisco Cantu grew up near the U.S.-Mexico border, and he wanted to understand it better -- the policy fights over it, the people who cross it. So he joined the border patrol.

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