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Border security and human tragedy.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point. The Trump crackdown against illegal

border crossings may be good business for human smugglers

who exploit desperation. Almost 100 migrants recently paid to be crammed into the back of a trailer

truck. Between Laredo in San Antonio, 10 died of heat and dehydration. Immigration officials call it

evidence of a brutal criminal organization as Congress prepares to vote on a $1.6 billion

plan for the president's great wall. But some border agents say the crackdown targets the wrong

victims and encourages racist abuse on the part of their colleagues. Later on today's talking point,

Trump tweets, the U.S. military will no longer accept or allow transgender

people to serve.

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Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To The Point. The gruesome deaths of people found in a smuggler's truck in San Antonio

dramatized the desperation of people trying to cross illegally. With the border wall, now being considered by Congress, make conditions better.

Today's talking point in three tweets, President Trump appears to have completely reversed an

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