Smugglers and shelters -- San Antonio, hub city for US immigration
San Antonio (AFP) - Dozens of migrants wait in line outside a shelter in San Antonio, most of them young men but also women and children, hoping for a hot meal and a roof over their head. Every year thousands like them pass through this Texas city on the frontline of America's struggle to cope with waves of migrants seeking to escape poverty and violence and find a better life in the United States. The city is 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the border with Mexico and is often the first stop on an odyssey across the country as migrants fight to remain in America and settle down to a new life. ...