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More Hispanics go to federal prison

Amanda Lee Meyers, Associated Press//June 6, 2011//

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More Hispanics go to federal prison

More Hispanics go to federal prison

Amanda Lee Meyers, Associated Press//June 6, 2011//

They shuffle into the courtroom in shackles, still wearing the dust-covered clothes and shoes from when they crossed the desert into the U.S. from Mexico. The 70 illegal immigrants, mostly...

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