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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2002

About 1,500 to 2,000 people use the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona to enter the United States every day.

The tribe's three million-acre sits on the border with Mexico. Although total crossings are down, the number of migrant deaths on the reservation due to dehydration or other causes has nearly doubled over the past year.

"It's like a war zone out there," vice chairman Henry Ramon, told The Los Angeles Times. "This should not be happening."

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