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CNN: A record number of migrants have died crossing the US-Mexico border

16 September، 2022

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Picture of the wall lifted by a US company on the border between Columbus, state of New Mexico, United States, and Puerto Palomas de Villa, municipality of Ascension, State of Chihuahua, Mexico (R), taken on November 30, 2020. - Weeks before Donald Trump is due to leave office, workers are racing to build the hulking steel fence along the US-Mexican border that was a centerpiece of his presidency. (Photo by Herika MARTINEZ / AFP)

By Immigration Prof

Mexico–United States barrier near Tijuana, Mexico. The crosses represent migrants who have died in attempts to cross the border.

Deaths of migrants along the U.S./Mexico border have been a fact of life for years.

Priscilla Alvarez for CNN reports that nearly 750 migrants have died at the U.S./Mexico border this fiscal year, a new record that surpasses last year’s total by more than 200 people, according to Department of Homeland Security figures “Migrants often face treacherous terrain when crossing the border – including oppressive desert heat, dangerous waters and falling from the border wall.

Since October 1, which marks the start of the fiscal year, there have been 748 deaths, a Homeland Security official told CNN, with a month still left to go in the fiscal year. That’s up from 557 southwest border deaths during fiscal year 2021, the previous record. “

The number of deaths is likely higher.

16 September، 2022

190 1 minute read