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In the article The Death of Josseline, author Margaret Regan states, “The slow climb up the canyon was a reminder of what border crossers regularly endured. ‘People were getting scratched,’ Father Bob said later, ‘Stumbling over the rocks.’” From this article, we learned that the journey to enter the door is a dangerous pathway that does not guarantee the life of one. For example, Josseline Hernandez a fourteen-year-old had died in the brutal desert alone. Josselin was seeking a better life for herself and her family, she sacrificed herself in order for her younger brother to pass the doorway of a better life. Luis Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway noted, “Your own death is largely dictated by factors outside of your control, and beyond

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