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Southern California Town Becomes Flashpoint of Immigration Crisis

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Murrieta, north of San Diego, has become an unexpected flashpoint over illegal immigration. Earlier this week, protesters in Murrieta blocked a convoy of buses carrying immigrants from overcrowded facilities in south Texas to a U.S. border office here. But more immigrants are on their way -- and at a town hall meeting Wednesday, hundreds of residents vowed to keep pushing them back.

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