Tag: border militarization
Border deaths called 'humanitarian crisis'
Published October 1, 2009 by the San Antonio Express-News.
By Lynn Brezosky / Express-News
BROWNSVILLE — The 15-year death toll of unauthorized immigrants trying to enter the United States has topped 5,600 and should be recognized as “an international humanitarian crisis,” U.S. and Mexican civil rights groups said in a report Wednesday.
Border Deaths Are Increasing
Published September 30, 2009 by the Washington Post.
Rise Is Despite Fewer Crossers, U.S. and Mexican Groups Say
By Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post