Yes, there is no question that US government border enforcement strategies have resulted in an enormous increase in border crosser deaths. In 1994, the US government explicitly adopted a strategy called “enforcement through deterrence”, which was outlined in a Border Patrol position paper. The strategy was to seal off the easy-to-cross urban areas near El Paso, Tijuana and Nogales by building walls, ramping up Border Patrol presence, adding more sensors, technology, and recently, patrolling with drones, while leaving open swaths of remote, hazardous back country. By closing the urban areas where people traditionally crossed, enforcement pushes undocumented border crossers into desert and mountain terrain in Arizona (and Texas). This “funnel effect” is clearly a primary factor that results in migrant deaths, and has been acknowledged by everyone from policy makers to humanitarians.

During the early 1990’s, the number of border crosser deaths examined per year by the Pima County Medical Examiner in Arizona varied between 5 and 11. In the year 2010, following construction of almost 700 miles of wall and a huge increase in the number of Border Patrol agents and enforcement technology, they examined 225 human remains in the same office. I find it profoundly disturbing that most people have no idea of the scope of this crisis. These statistics are all readily available and confirmable, but you have to seek them out because the media does not cover the issue sufficiently. Since 1994, they have found over 7,000 human remains in the borderlands, the majority of these in Arizona, and this number only represents the number of bodies found! The actual number of border crosser deaths is almost certainly significantly higher though the bodies were never found.

Currently, the morgue in Tucson houses over 900 unidentified human remains of presumed border crossers. Marc Silver’s documentary film, Who is Dayani Cristal (with Gael Garcia Bernal, 2013) emphasizes the severity of the issue.

This situation is a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe, and US government border enforcement strategy is directly implicated in the dramatic increase in deaths. Even more disturbing is the fact that the number of undocumented border crossers has dropped precipitously while the rate of deaths has remained relatively steady. This means that the chance that someone will die while crossing the border has sky-rocketed, and this is a direct result of our efforts to “secure the border.” This is compounded by the fact that we have deported over two million people since Obama has been in office. Many of these people will attempt to cross to rejoin their families.

Please Provide A Link to articles you post!

Here is the link to the above article RHB dug up to try to smear Trump -

[buzzflash.com]

DATE OF ARTICLE - February 2015.

To try to stick it to Trump and the Conservatives about the Border Situation, RHB posted an article about the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border about all the deaths of Illegal Aliens trying to cross the border, BUT THE ARTICLE IS DATED February 2015!

In other words, you're trying to make Trump/Republicans responsible for the Humanitarian Crisis at the Border in 2015, when in reality - IN TRUTH - it is Obama who was responsible for all these Deaths of Illegal Aliens Crossing the Border during THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION!

NOT TRUMP and THE RIGHT.

Lying Spinning Twisting Fake News Libs and RHB!

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Here is the link to the above article RHB dug up to try to smear Trump -

quote jennifer im not a Trump supporter

You ole Klucker very funny

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Yes, there is no question that US government border enforcement strategies have resulted in an enormous increase in border crosser deaths.

You split the world into
pieces and called them countries
declared ownership on what never
belonged to you and left the rest with
nothing
Rupi Kaur

Christain Mercy!



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Read up My Dear Imperial Cyclops,

Paranoia About Immigrants, The Danger of Fear | Psychology Today
[www.psychologytoday.com]

They have idiots like Rush Limbaugh to give them their opinions - facts tend to confuse and confound a lot of conservatives. "Liberal bias" is just another catchphrase that cons use to convince others that facts can and should be ignored.

"A closed country is a dying country... A closed mind is a dying mind. ' from a radio broadcast in 1947
- Edna Ferber

Again, that was then - 1947 - this is now. Now Violent Criminals from three of the most Dangerous Countries in the World are invading America, thanks to The Libs Open Border Policy.

El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.

These are the world's 20 most dangerous countries, and photos showing what life is like there

[www.businessinsider.com]

Family members carry the caskets of two boys who were kidnapped and killed in 2017 in San Juan Sacatepequez, Guatemala.

Crimes like these have driven emigration ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS to Illegally Invade the US.

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[www.businessinsider.com]

Nearly 200,000 Honduran citizens have been displaced due to violence, threats, and forced gang affiliation with MS-13 and Barrio 18.

Honduras has historically had one of the highest murder rates in the world.

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The world's most dangerous country: El Salvador

[www.businessinsider.com]

Authorities recorded nearly 4,000 murders in El Salvador in 2017 alone, and say that most criminal activity is a result of gang violence at the hands of MS-13 and Barrio 18.

El Salvador's soaring homicide rate has forced thousands of its citizens ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS to seek asylum ILLEGALLY INVADE the US.

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Look at the photos and Thank God we live in the Greatest Country in the World with Civilized Peoples - before the ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION thanks to The Libs Open Border Policy. We're on our way to look like these Violent Countries. Thanks Libs!



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quote Jennifer-
These are the world's 20 most dangerous countries, and photos showing what life is like there.

Very christain like to close the borders and stop a family from fleeing
most dangerous countries what do you think?

I repeat this quote-
You split the world into
pieces and called them countries
declared ownership on what never
belonged to you and left the rest with
nothing
Rupi Kaur