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From the Radiolab podcast: In Part Two of our Border Trilogy, one Border Patrol agent changes the entire agency’s enforcement strategy, and one anthropologist tries to measure its deadly consequences.
After the showdown in court with Bowie High School, Border Patrol brings in a fresh face to head its dysfunctional El Paso Sector: Silvestre Reyes, the first Mexican-American to ever hold the position. Reyes knows something needs to change and has an idea how to do it. One Saturday night at midnight, with the element of surprise on his side, Reyes unveils Operation Blockade. It wins widespread support for the Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, but sparks major protests across the Rio Grande. Soon after, Reyes gets a phone call that catapults his little experiment onto the national stage, where it works so well that it diverts migrant crossing patterns along the entire U.S.-Mexico Border.
Years later, in the Arizona desert, anthropologist Jason de León realizes that in order to accurately gauge how many migrants die crossing the desert, he must first understand how human bodies decompose in such an extreme environment. He sets up a macabre experiment, and what he finds is more drastic than anything he could have expected.
In three episodes, Radiolab will investigate a Border Patrol policy called Prevention Through Deterrence, its surprising origins and the people whose lives were changed forever because of it.
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From the Radiolab podcast: In Part Two of our Border Trilogy, one Border Patrol agent changes the entire agency’s enforcement strategy, and one anthropologist tries to measure its deadly consequences.
After the showdown in court with Bowie High School, Border Patrol brings in a fresh face to head its dysfunctional El Paso Sector: Silvestre Reyes, the first Mexican-American to ever hold the position. Reyes knows something needs to change and has an idea how to do it. One Saturday night at midnight, with the element of surprise on his side, Reyes unveils Operation Blockade. It wins widespread support for the Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, but sparks major protests across the Rio Grande. Soon after, Reyes gets a phone call that catapults his little experiment onto the national stage, where it works so well that it diverts migrant crossing patterns along the entire U.S.-Mexico Border.
Years later, in the Arizona desert, anthropologist Jason de León realizes that in order to accurately gauge how many migrants die crossing the desert, he must first understand how human bodies decompose in such an extreme environment. He sets up a macabre experiment, and what he finds is more drastic than anything he could have expected.
In three episodes, Radiolab will investigate a Border Patrol policy called Prevention Through Deterrence, its surprising origins and the people whose lives were changed forever because of it.
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🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
🌱 Check out Radiolab's Starter Kit Playlist: bit.ly/3sX8f4P
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Video by Michael Snyder and Kim Nowacki.
