Thread: More people die trying to cross border

More people die trying to cross border
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pb ... 46/OPINION
DICK HUGHES
August 4, 2007

This is from USA Today earlier this week:

The number of illegal immigrants who have died trying to get into the United States is higher than ever this summer, calling into question assertions that tougher border enforcement has cut the flow of people, say immigration groups.

A U.S. group that tries to reduce the number of illegal immigrants who die while trying to get across the border says an increase in such deaths this year suggests there has been no lessening in the flow of migrants. Robin Hoover, a pastor who runs Humane Borders out of Tucson, Ariz., says people are skirting crossings where the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has increased enforcement for more remote, deadly spots.

“They’re pushing the migrants farther into the desert,â€

This may be true - but -

I have been reading this same story every year for at least 8 years on the internet.

It's always the same, 'only the names have been changed.'

What gets me is that there is always someone out blaming the Border Patrol for these peoples death when all they are doing is their job!
They seem to forget that part of their job is to try and save these lives when they can.
Nobody forced them to try and cross the desert, it was their choice.
Americans die out there too just going out camping and hiking, is that the Border Patrols fault as well?

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