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If you have experienced any obstacles in returning your loved one’s remains to Mexico for burial, we want to hear from you.

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Has the funeral of a loved one been affected by the border?

by Adnan Alam, Cronkite News
March 1, 2017

<h1>Has the funeral of a loved one been affected by the border?</h1>
<p class="byline">by Adnan Alam, Cronkite News <br />March 1, 2017</p>
<p>Cronkite News wants to know how the border between Mexico and the United States has impacted your family, particularly during the loss of a loved one.</p>
<p>If you have experienced any obstacles in returning your loved one's remains to Mexico for burial, we want to hear from you.</p>
<p>A journalist from Cronkite News or the Public Insight Network may contact you for further reporting.</p>
<p><em>(<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/16216900@N00/174045778/in/photolist-nJHFzD-A8YBz-MKqX-b48wKR-g5E4B-8HCUTF-arvcaD-bYmHSW-q5YhqX-g5E3U-7iuwd8-DcZ5B-E2Ct1-go2Kh-af2pxu-8RUt4K-7dWqjW-j3twLU-aPZooT-jqbp3k-CDnpH-g5E2R-afTuSJ-g5E1r-afQMPe" target="0">Photo</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/16216900@N00/" target="0">Edmond Meinfelder</a> via <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="0">Creative Commons</a>)</em></p>
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Has the funeral of a loved one been affected by the border?

Adnan Alam, Cronkite News
March 1, 2017

Cronkite News wants to know how the border between Mexico and the United States has impacted your family, particularly during the loss of a loved one.

If you have experienced any obstacles in returning your loved one's remains to Mexico for burial, we want to hear from you.

A journalist from Cronkite News or the Public Insight Network may contact you for further reporting.

(Photo by Edmond Meinfelder via Creative Commons)

This article first appeared on Cronkite News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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