In the last 13 years, ranging from 1994 to the present 4,500 immigrants have perished at the U.S. – Mexico border. At this rate it is calculated that at least one immigrant dies each day. The number of immigrants dying at the border increased after The Guardian Operation was established by the United States, in San Diego, California on October 1, 1994 to help reduce immigrants from crossing the U.S. - Mexico border through Tijuana, Baja California. However, this program has been criticized by many for diverting immigrants into isolated and dangerous locations at the border, leaving them to die, thus increasing the deaths. Such organizations include the Coalition Pro Defense for Immigrants and the California Legal Rural Assistance Foundation.
According to Ramon Rivera Director of Communications for the Border Patrol in Washington D.C., from October 2006 to August 2007, a total of 371immigrants have died at the border.
Mauricio Farah, a representative from the National Commission of Human Rights, said “in one decade the United States has opted for spending $30 million on reinforcing the border, the United States has increased their border patrol agents from 6,000 to 18,000.”
Farah assured that in this 13 years the migration towards the U.S. hasn’t been contained but in fact has increased, as well as human trafficking and violence at the border. The migration increased heavily during former Mexico President Vicente Fox’s term., approximately 450,000 to 500,000 people migrated in a yearly rate.
Now no one pays attention to how many people die at the border, only the families of those deceased care about. Not an English media has focused on this topic, more attention is being focused on celebrities and what they do or do not do, while humans are dying at the border who was seeking a better life.
This year a program was established named Operation Border Star, which rescues immigrants who are near death at the border. Through this program over one thousand people have been rescued from locations at the border that are unbearable for any human.
The spokesperson for the Border Patrol, Wendy Lee, said, “If it wasn’t for this organization the number of deaths would be higher.”
People trying to cross the border are usually abandoned by “coyotes” which lead immigrants to the road of death. Coyotes are the persons who sneak immigrants into the U.S., charging higher fees and leaving them heartlessly at the sign of trouble.
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According to Ramon Rivera Director of Communications for the Border Patrol in Washington D.C., from October 2006 to August 2007, a total of 371immigrants have died at the border.
Mauricio Farah, a representative from the National Commission of Human Rights, said “in one decade the United States has opted for spending $30 million on reinforcing the border, the United States has increased their border patrol agents from 6,000 to 18,000.”
Farah assured that in this 13 years the migration towards the U.S. hasn’t been contained but in fact has increased, as well as human trafficking and violence at the border. The migration increased heavily during former Mexico President Vicente Fox’s term., approximately 450,000 to 500,000 people migrated in a yearly rate.
Now no one pays attention to how many people die at the border, only the families of those deceased care about. Not an English media has focused on this topic, more attention is being focused on celebrities and what they do or do not do, while humans are dying at the border who was seeking a better life.
This year a program was established named Operation Border Star, which rescues immigrants who are near death at the border. Through this program over one thousand people have been rescued from locations at the border that are unbearable for any human.
The spokesperson for the Border Patrol, Wendy Lee, said, “If it wasn’t for this organization the number of deaths would be higher.”
People trying to cross the border are usually abandoned by “coyotes” which lead immigrants to the road of death. Coyotes are the persons who sneak immigrants into the U.S., charging higher fees and leaving them heartlessly at the sign of trouble.
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