Part One: The Smugglers
Sunday, July 11, 1999

Alien Smugglers Inc.

Network punches ticket to new life for migrants

Entrants, drugs don't usually mix

Border work is a job for `The Lunatic'

Part Two: Betrayal and banditry
Monday, July 12, 1999

Danger is part of the high cost of illegal entry

Heat leaves no place to hide: Following migrants' trail, reporter comes up short

Illegals risk death in unforgiving land for jobs in America

Guardians warn migrants of what lies ahead

Part Three: The View from the North
Tuesday, July 13, 1999

Ranchers under siege: Pioneer family a half-mile from Mexico lives in fear of aliens, drug traffickers

City dwellers on alert, living behind iron bars: But many sympathize with illegal entrants

A back-and-forth cat-and-mouse game is played along border fence each night

Part Four: The View from the South
Wednesday, July 14, 1999

In the migrants' path: Three towns see good, bad changes

Part Five: The Eyes of the Law
Thursday, July 15, 1999

Money isn't everything: Being border agent pays well, but job lacks appeal because of other factors

New Border Patrol strategies fuel agent's dissatisfaction

Family history breeds sympathy for hapless aliens

Part Six: The Cost of the Crisis
Friday, July 16, 1999

Property crimes are down but fear, frustration are up

Too many border agents are not enough

With no laws broken, agent and migrant have a borderline chat

Dangerous armed encounters commonplace

Economic benefits are hard to assess