Thousands Missing on the US-Mexico Border. Why Does No One Seem to Give a Damn? Marc Silver - The New York Times
go to original August 22, 2013

Bodies on the Border: Forensics experts in Arizona struggle to identify the bodies of migrants who perished while attempting to cross illicitly from Mexico into the United States. (TheNewYorkTimes)

This summer, as discussions have advanced around a comprehensive immigration reform bill, I traveled to Arizona to film some people who have a unique perspective on border security.

... There has been a dramatic increase in border deaths since 2000. Over that time, particularly after Sept. 11, 2001, the government has added thousands of guards and constructed fences along the border. This policy has had a grim consequence: since most remaining gaps in the border are in remote and harsh terrain, migrants now attempt increasingly dangerous routes into the United States.

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