Thread: TX: Increased border security leads to riskier routes, death

Increased border security leads to riskier routes, deaths
Associated Press
March 1, 2009, 3:37PM


McALLEN — The number of immigrant bodies — Mexican and those still unidentified — dealt with by the Mexican consulate in three South Texas counties rose 40 percent in 2008 over the previous year.

The Mexican Consulate in McAllen, which takes the cases for Hidalgo, Starr and Brooks counties, handled 67 bodies in 2008 found by U.S. authorities, as well as those retrieved from the Rio Grande on the Mexican side, The McAllen Monitor reported in Sunday’s editions. A year earlier there were 39.

Officials believe an intensified Border Patrol presence as well as new segments of a levee-border wall in Hidalgo County are pushing illegal immigrants to riskier routes.

“I am sure that they are risking themselves through more isolated areas around checkpoints,â€

[quote]“If you work hard,â€

This is like complaining about people being electrocuted by crossing between subway platforms by way of stepping over the third rail. You are really not supposed to cross that way. Border crossings not border fences are where you cross, if you do not have permission then do not do it.