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Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa and Univision's Maria Elena Salinas speak about news issues of the week affecting the Latino community.

Each year, hundreds of lives are lost on the U.S. & Mexico Border. The Government Accountability Office says nearly 500 people died crossing in 2005. This year, projections show the number is likely to increase. For those who make the journey successfully, cultural references, and familiar rituals, and other comforts of being at home are also lost. There are gains: economic, humanitarian, and cultural. In the next hour, we're going to explore these ideas, and we'll hear from proponents of more open borders and from opponents of illegal immigration. The best guess is 12 million. That's the best estimate of the number of people who are in the United States illegally today. Tomorrow, thousands more will arrive: by air, by sea, and by land. KUT's Joy Diaz reports that many who cross the U.S. Mexico border on foot have already crossed a number of borders in their journey North, a journey many make by rail.

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Epiphanies, when they happen, are startling -- they kinda have to be to get our attention anymore. Religious ideas burst upon the scene, coaxing spiritual understanding from the realm of politics and policing. That's exactly what has happened in Eagle Pass, Texas. Mose Buchele has the story.

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Latino USA commentator Luis Guerra writes on how he had to travel home to meet the men from ranches of Zacatecas, Mexico.

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For Juan Carlos, the journey began many days ago and hundreds of miles away. Juan Carlos trip to Mississippi started in a small village, high in the mountains of Honduras. That's where we sent KUT's Matt Largey to meet the family Juan Carlos left behind.

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