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09-30-2009, 01:53 PM #1
Border-death numbers remain steady
Border-death numbers remain steady
Illegal immigrants cross in more dangerous areas
By Leslie Berestein
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. September 30, 2009
- As the nation's economy has plunged, the northbound flow of illegal border crossers has continued to ebb, with border-crossing apprehensions at a low not seen in almost a quarter-century.
However, while fewer people are being apprehended by the Border Patrol, the number who have died while attempting to cross in recent years has remained steady, probably because the crossings are being made in ever more remote locations.
Border Patrol tallies of apprehensions, deaths and rescues for the fiscal year that ends today won't be available until later in October, but the agency's numbers through Aug. 31 indicate a trend.
Between last October and the end of August, 519,394 people were caught trying to enter the United States illegally, the vast majority along the southern border. The downward trend began in 2005; if the numbers hold through September, it will be the lowest number of arrests since 1975, when the agency apprehended about 596,000 people.
While border-crossing deaths are below the level of 2005, when a record 492 were tallied nationwide by the agency, deaths this year are on par with the previous two years and could possible exceed them.
In fiscal year 2007, 398 people are known to have died while trying to enter illegally; in 2008, there were 390 fatalities. Just along the southwest border this fiscal year through the end of August, 378 people have been found dead, more than during the same period the two previous years.
Both the Border Patrol and immigrant advocates point to increased border enforcement, including new fence projects along the southwest border and a larger staff of agents conducting patrols.
“As (we) are gaining more operational control of areas where smugglers operated with impunity, they are going out into farther areas of the desert,â€NO AMNESTY
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09-30-2009, 02:22 PM #2
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A joint report by Mexico's national human rights commission and the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, released by the Mexican government last week, squarely blames U.S. border policies for the deaths.
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09-30-2009, 02:26 PM #3
These deaths can be cut to zero overnight.
STOP ENTERING THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.NO AMNESTY
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