Migrant deaths down along border, but high heat looms - Arizona

The arrival of triple-digit temperatures along Arizona’s border with Mexico usually brings a spike in exposure deaths among migrants trying to enter the country by walking across the desert.

But Border Patrol officials hope this year may be different.

The number of illegal immigrants who have died so far this fiscal year is down, but there’s also been a drop in the number caught entering the country. Border Patrol officials point to a lagging U.S. economy, a tough new state employer sanctions law on hiring illegal immigrants and more border guards as major factors in the decline.”*

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