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€