Monica Campbell

Monica Campbell

Monica Campbell is The World’s immigration editor/reporter. She is based in San Francisco and has reported for The World from Mexico, Cuba, Portugal and Afghanistan, as well as California.

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Identifying the Migrants Who Die Crossing the US/Mexico Border

January 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment
A staghorn cholla in the Sonoran Desert. (Photo: iStockphoto)

A staghorn cholla in the Sonoran Desert. (Photo: iStockphoto)

Robin Reineke is a cultural anthropologist in Arizona.

Her job is to identify the remains of migrants who die in the desert trying to illegally cross the into the US from Mexico.

She tells anchor Marco Werman that sometimes the only way to identify the bodies is through the few possessions found with them.

Discussion

4 comments for “Identifying the Migrants Who Die Crossing the US/Mexico Border”

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/MRBQC6IUAKIPMUPNWWWSDR2DDE Jacqueline

    What a difficult but admirable job….thank you Robin Reineke, and thanks Marco for bringing her to our attention!

  • http://www.facebook.com/marcus.parenticus Marcus Parenticus

     Thank you Ms. Reineke for sharing your experience. You demonstrate the meaning of dignity .

  • http://www.facebook.com/texocolotl.sarellano Luis H. Sarellano

    This is wonderful work and it will certainly bring closure to many families still waiting to hear from their loved one who came North for a better life.  I applaud your work and hope that this will continue for as long as it  is necessary.

  • http://communityvillage.us/ Glenn Robinson

    Can you believe this is happening? There should be emergency cell phone stations for the distressed to call for help.