Crossing Borders: In a global environment, why doesn’t your education travel with you?

Some have been deported from the US; others find tuition to be much cheaper in Mexico. But students who try to continue their education in Mexico will hit red tape. Reporter Max Rivlin-Nadler meets several students who struggled to battle Mexican and US bureaucracy, and looks at efforts to make crossing the border to study much easier.

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