i credit their birth of the time of a guy named judge mccowan. he was a politician. he was a big shot in sacramento, a state senator. he even went to washington d.c. and the president was shot as part of the committee. i'm talking president lincoln back in the mid-1800s. at any rate, he discovered that his oldest son, johnny had tuberculosis and prior to that time they weren't sure was a good cure for respiratory elements, but they discovered the dry desert air would be the best. said he quit everything, move to the valley and he was coming into palm springs area and saw it thought of opportunity. he started buying the land from the railroad, buying other land. he held an auction in people came and they bought and he sold plots of land and these people came and planted them for the first couple years everything was wonderful. also as to, citrus that grew here in the desert. people think of it is desert, but there is water here. it's an aquifer, subtle streams tumble down from the mountain and at any rate for a few years that prospered and then disaster struck. the t.

smugglers float them across the rio grande to safe houses in brownsville and mccowan and drive them north towards houston and san antonio along u.s. route 281. several mimes before the furious border patrol checkpoint, the smugglers pull over and that's where the migrants start walking. because they're either paid in advance or based solely on how many people they successfully deliver, smugglers often leave illegal immigrants who -- in places such as the sometimes 30-mile overland hike which is undertaken at a brutally fast pace, and sadly, the harsh land and climate leads to the death of many. "the washington post" interviewed one of my states, mr. persnell cage on that point. he said -- quote -- "i don't want the bodies here anymore." said pesnell cage whose property is directly west of the highway check point. a more secure border would mean fewer deaths. the system we have is not humane, it is cruel and it results in terrible human tragedies. "the washington post" went on to describe the situation mr. cage is facing. quote, "some of the any grants find their way to cage's ranch house