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    Lugging water into the desert for thirsty migrants unites this couple. Trump divides them

    by Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times Oct 04, 2019 7 minutes

    OCOTILLO, Calif. - When news about President Donald Trump flickers across their television, Laura and John Hunter know that one of them needs to leave the room.

    They'd rather not quarrel about how Trump is handling an issue they both care about deeply: immigration.

    John is part of a conservative political dynasty: His older brother, Duncan Lee Hunter, represented California in Congress from 1981 to 2009 and pushed - successfully - for the "triple fencing" that separates the cities of Tijuana and San Diego. His nephew is Rep. Duncan Duane Hunter, who succeeded his father and was indicted on corruption charges in August of last year.

    John believes in Trump. Laura is a Mexican immigrant who dismisses Trump as a "despicable human being."

    But there's one mission that continues to bind them.

    About once a month, they travel into the desert east of San Diego with a handful of volunteers who are focused on one of the grimmest aspects of U.S. immigration policy - the deaths of those who are trying to cross the border illegally. The volunteers fill and maintain more than 100 water stations scattered along the

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