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The number of deaths of illegal immigrants along the border has increased on a regular, yearly basis since the middle 1990s, particularly in the state of Arizona. [6] As of summer 2006, tighter enforcement in Arizona has likely led to fewer deaths there, but border wide fatalities were approaching the record pace of 2005. [20] [21]
The area has been a hotspot for unaccompanied migrant kids. Just a few days ago, Texas authorities found a 2-year-old girl from El Salvador who crossed with 60 other unaccompanied children. The ...
The Mexico–United States border crisis is an ongoing migrant crisis in North America concerning the illegal migration of people into the United States. U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both referred to surges in migrants at the border as a "crisis" during their tenure. [ 7 ]
Migrant crossings in this area have dropped from over 10,000 one December day to about 200 per day recently. In all, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had almost 250,000 migrant encounters ...
They made 239,416 arrests along the border in May, a two percent increase from April. [4] San Antonio is known as a major transit point for migrants moving from Texas to the rest of the United States. [5] Located 150 miles (240 km) from the U.S.–Mexico border, smugglers would transport migrants to the city by means of large vehicles.
A House hearing on the Biden-Harris border crisis on Tuesday heard testimony from victims of crimes stemming from illegal immigration, including the mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl ...
The large number of children overwhelmed facilities in Texas in summer 2014 and some of the women and children were transferred to INS facilities in California. In most instances this occurred without incident, but in Murrieta , California, on July 1, 2014, buses carrying immigrants to a Border Patrol facility were blocked by flag-waving ...
After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston. “We are not ...