Pete Saenz

City of Laredo, Texas

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Pete Saenz is mayor of Laredo, Texas. 

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It's just 150 miles between Laredo and San Antonio — but the drive is long enough to be deadly — when almost 100 migrants are crammed into a tractor-trailer with no water, no relief…

Border security and human tragedy

It's just 150 miles between Laredo and San Antonio — but the drive is long enough to be deadly — when almost 100 migrants are crammed into a tractor-trailer with no water, no relief…

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