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One Thing Gangs Smuggling Latin Migrants Over the Border Can't Do Without: Big U.S. Banks

A wall built by the U.S. separates Nogales, Mexico, from Nogales, Arizona.

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Dionisio Diaz takes a seat inside the Evangelical Christian Assembly Church at an office park in Doraville, an Atlanta suburb. It’s been another six-day week working for a landscaping crew, mowing lawns and pruning shrubs. The 37-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guatemala clutches a Bible and joins dozens of worshipers belting out a hymn in Spanish.

As the Saturday evening service in late October ends, Diaz, wearing a black suit, rises to greet the pastor.