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Photos: Renewed surge of minors and migrant families at Texas border

December 10, 2015 9:46AM ET

Photographer John Moore documents a renewed influx from Central America

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A woman from El Salvador holds her one-year-old son after turning herself in to Border Patrol agents, Dec. 7, 2015 near Rio Grande City, Texas. 2015 Getty Images
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The Border Patrol has reported a renewed influx of migrants, including many unaccompanied minors, from Central America, in the last few months. John Moore / Getty Images
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Agents check a Central American migrant's documents, Dec. 8, 2014. Many of the migrants have come from El Salvador, where a surge in gang violence has made life there more dangerous. John Moore / Getty Images
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The photos in this series were made by Getty photographer John Moore. John Moore / Getty Images
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An immigrant from El Salvador who said she was seven months pregnant stands next to a U.S. Border Patrol truck after turning herself in. John Moore / Getty Images
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A Honduran mother holds her son, 7, after she turned her family in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, Dec. 8, 2015. John Moore / Getty Images
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent leads undocumented immigrants through the brush after capturing them near the U.S.-Mexico border, Dec. 7, 2015. John Moore / Getty Images
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A border security agent searches the purse of an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador. John Moore / Getty Images
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Central American immigrants wait in the back of a border patrol van after turning themselves in. John Moore / Getty Images

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