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As we enter the mer­ci­less sum­mer months where tem­per­a­tures aver­age well above 100 degrees along the Texas Mex­i­co bor­der, the pos­si­bil­i­ty exist for a larg­er wave of causal­i­ties among ille­gal immi­grants try­ing to gain access to the Unit­ed States.

With the oppres­sive sum­mer heat “it’s going to be very, very dan­ger­ous in this part of the coun­try to have young kids women and oth­er folks to come in,” says Texas Con­gress­man Hen­ry Cuel­lar (D‑Laredo, TX).