A new report ties migrants’ deaths to U.S. policies and abusive federal agents.
By Patrick Glennon, In These Times
October 19, 2011
Earlier this month, authorities recovered the bodies of two Mexican nationals off the coast of San Diego county. One was discovered adrift near Imperial Beach, just across the border from Tijuana. The man’s two companions, who successfully reached shore, remarked to Border Patrol agents that the deceased was a “weak swimmer.” The other drowning victim was found on a boat that had held a dozen other migrants Border Patrol agents chased and apprehended.
“Migrants are turning to the Pacific Ocean to cross the border illegally, as entering by land has turned more arduous and dangerous,” the AP reported.
Indeed, the danger of crossing by land has reached unprecedented levels. In 1990, fewer than 200 people died trying to enter the United States. The number rose to nearly 500 in 2005, although the annual number of deaths has been lower since then. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/12153/a_border_of_cruelty#.Tp-cuiINuEw.gmail
Download the report from No More Deaths:
http://www.cultureofcruelty.org/?page_id=14
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