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The Boy Who Died Chasing an American Dream
Felipe was an eight-year-old who risked his life for an American dream. But what's driving young families to the US?
The United States is set to overhaul how it handles illegal migrants after a young boy and girl, both from Guatemala, died while in US custody in December.
Their deaths coincided with a spike in the number of young migrant families apprehended at the border. Many of them come from Guatemala.
To find out what is driving young families to the US, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Patricia Sulbarán went back to the village of one of those children, Felipe Gomez Alonzo.
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