| Fewer Crossings But Increased Deaths on Mexico's Northern Border Oscar Leon - The Real News | |
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140 people died crossing the US-Mexico border in 2013 (TheRealNews)
In 2013, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported a total of 369,000 removals of "illegal aliens". A large part of that total, 235,000, were deportations of individuals detained while trying to enter the U.S. border. If you compare that number to the 590,000 detained on 2004, it is clear that less people try to enter the border illegally.
At the same time, in the fall, The Arizona Daily Star reported 140 deaths in the border, a number that according to ICE has remained steady over the last decade, meaning more died on proportion trying to cross the desert.
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