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Shot 07/11/2011.## AZ:Mexico Repatriation Program — 07/11/2011 ; Reporter: Sandy Rathbun --Wire/StoryDescription: The Department of Homeland Security, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mexican Ministry of the Interior announced Monday that the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program, a bilateral, voluntary program that ensures the safe return of Mexican nationals found to be unlawfully in the Sonora Arizona desert region of the United States to their places of residence in the Mexican interior, has resumed for the eighth consecutive summer. Initiated in 2004, MIRP was designed as a bilateral effort between the United States and Mexico to reduce the loss of human life and to break the cycle of organized crime linked to the smuggling, trafficking and exploitation of migrants along the Arizona/Mexico border. Under MIRP, Mexican nationals apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol in the Yuma and Tucson sectors are taken to DHS facilities in Nogales and Yuma, Ariz., where candidates are medically screened, meet with Mexican Consulate officials and are offered the opportunity to voluntarily participate in the program. ====================================== AZ:Arizona Fire Damage Causes Floods - Wire/StoryDescription: Areas around Miller Canyon were hit hard by monsoon rain yesterday - about 2 inches in the Miller Canyon caused flooding in the Hereford area. Officials have been warning against the potential for flooding following the Monument Fire - leftover debris mixed with silt to create a non-pourous substance that allowed rainwater to rise and overwhelm the area.##

Channel: CNN ImageSource Video Length: 20m 40s Date Found: Sun, Jul 17 2011 2:49 PM Category: Stock Footage Date Produced: Mon, Jul 11 2011 12:00 AM View Count: 0