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Susan Carroll

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Susan Carroll is an investigative/projects reporter with the Houston Chronicle. Carroll previously covered the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona Republic, where she was twice named Arizona's Virg Hill Journalist of the Year.

Reporting on the Deaths of Those Who Make the Journey North

‘With the mounting anti-illegal immigration backlash, readers have complained more and more about the stories we do about the deaths.’

Death in the Desert

The Arizona Republic started tracking undocumented immigrant deaths in 2003 using medical examiner, foreign consulate, and law enforcement reports. Susan Carroll wrote the following words to introduce a published list…