TRAC, May 17, 2024 "The latest Immigrant Court records show that over the past decade (FY 2014 to April 2024) Immigration Judges have adjudicated just over one million removal cases in which the...
Todd Miller, The Border Chronicle, May 16, 2024 "John Washington’s new book attempts to break open the political discourse on borders, showing us that another world is possible."
DHS, May 16, 2024 "Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced a new Recent Arrivals (RA) Docket process to more expeditiously resolve...
David J. Bier, Congressional testimony, Apr. 16, 2024 "For nearly half a century, the Cato Institute has produced original research showing that a freer, more orderly, and more lawful immigration...
Jeanne Batalova, MPI, May 9, 2024 "Immigrants have served in the U.S. military since the nation’s founding. Their share of overall military enlistment has fluctuated over time in response...
"Death stalks the borderlands. But the dead aren't considered worthy of much notice. By the end of August, the bodies of 122 illegal border crossers had been found in Arizona's southern deserts. Border Patrol apprehensions dropped 75 percent in its Tuscon sector from fiscal year 2004 to 2011, indicating fewer are crossing. But more are dying. The body count jumped from 142 human beings in 2004 to 195 people in 2011, according to the Border Patrol. In 2010, a record 249 bodies were found in the sector. This mounting death toll of men, women and children should be part of the debate about immigration reform. But it isn't. Politicians offer little leadership. The rhetoric thunders on. A three-day editorial series by Linda Valdez exposes the face of this human tragedy."
Thursday: Humanitarians respond to the crisis. Friday: People who risk their lives to come here. Saturday: The morgue, where the journey ends for so many.
Slideshow: Humanitarians Slideshow: Migrants Slideshow: The morgue Video: Our deadly border
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