U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ovington checks for tracks along a fence line at a ranch just south of Falfurrias, Texas, Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Immigrant apprehensions for the Rio Grande Sector, which includes Falfurrias, have surged by more than 40 percent for comparable 10-month periods in 2011 and 2012. Photo: Jerry Lara, San Antonio Express-News / © 2012 San Antonio Express-News
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