“Border Patrol commanders argue the slackening flow of migrants belies the conventional wisdom that it is impossible to stem illegal migration along a 2,000 mile, or 3,200 kilometer, border. Many veteran officers in the force are now beginning to believe that with sufficient resources, it can be controlled”.
Yet one the other hand there has been a sharp increase in the number of deaths by migrants trying to cross the border. According to a report by the Binational Migration Institute (BMI) at the
“Since the militarization of the border, people have begun turning to more dangerous crossing areas…People would rather take the risk and cross where there's less chance they will get caught.”
Some recent steps taken by
Links- International Herald Tribune, The Latin Americanist, KLTV
Image- New York Times (U.S. National Guard troops by the Colorado River in
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