Remains of 14 migrants found in Arizona desert in June, 57 so far this year

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TEXAS COMMUNITIES PREPARING FOR A BARREL. BUT FORECASTERS EXPECT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE GOAL. >> IT HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT RESTRICTIONS ON MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM AT THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. THE ORDER IS IN EFFECT WHEN THE NUMBER OF BORDER ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN ENTRY PORTS. IT'S 2500 PER DAY. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT BARS MIGRANTS FROM BEING GRANTED ASYLUM. OUR DATA ANALYST DUG INTO THE BORDER ENCOUNTER NUMBERS AND FOUND IN MAY NUMBER OF MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS HAD ALREADY DROPPED DOWN. 43% COMPARED TO LAST DECEMBER AT LAST CHECK, JUNE CROSSINGS HAVE DROPPED BY ABOUT 25% SINCE THE ORDER WAS ENACTED WHILE OVERALL BORDER ENCOUNTERS HAVE DIPPED SINCE THE PEAK AT THE END OF THE LAST YEAR. THAT'S NOT STOPPING SOME PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO CROSS INTO DANGEROUS AND REMOTE PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, ABC, THE TEENS, LILLIAN DONAHUE, SPEAKING WITH A HUMANITARIAN GROUP. IT SAYS THEY SAW AN ALARMING INCREASE IN BODIES FOUND LAST MONTH COMPARED TO MONTHS PRIOR. >> EVERY SMALL RED DOT YOU SEE HERE IS A PERSON WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN ARIZONA'S SONORAN DESERT PER THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE JUST THIS YEAR. I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH A GROUP THAT LEAVES WATER IN THESE REMOTE AREAS ABOUT THE RECENT UPTICK IN BODIES FOUND AN INCREASING DANGERS DURING THIS EXTREME HEAT. WE'RE REACHING WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE MOST DEADLY TIME OF YEAR. HERE. LORI CAN IS WITH HUMANE BORDERS, A NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF REMAINS FOUND IN THE DESERT AND PUT OUT WATER STATIONS ALONG THE BORDER FOR ANYONE IN LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS, A PERSON STATES, WHETHER THEY'RE CROSSING LEGALLY OR ILLEGALLY SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THE COURTS, NOT BY DONNING A HORRIBLE DEATH OF DEHYDRATION AND AND THIRST. LAST MONTH, THE BORDER PATROL FOUND 3 PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A 16 YEAR-OLD IN AJO. >> THE BORDER PATROL SAID THEY WERE ABANDONED BY A SMUGGLER WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT COMPELLED THIS FAMILY TO DECIDE TO TO CROSS IN SUCH A DANGEROUS PLACE. HUMANE BORDERS RECORDED 14 REMAINS FOUND IN JUNE UP FROM JUST 3 IN MAY. SO FAR THIS YEAR. 57 HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND. THE CONCERN IS WE THERE MIGHT BE MORE DEATHS OVER THE SUMMER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. AND THAT'S WHY OUR WORK IS SO IMPORTANT. CANCIO SAYS THEY GO THROUGH 42,000 GALLONS OF WATER EVERY YEAR. HOW MUCH WATER IS USED AND WHERE CAN TELL A STORY ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE CROSSING. WE ARE NOTICING UPTICK IN THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS THAT ARE DELIVERED OR EMPTY FROM THE BARRELS IN MORE REMOTE LOCATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS ALONG THE BORDER DROPPED NEARLY HALF SINCE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER HALTING ASYLUM CLAIMS BETWEEN PORTS OF SINCE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. CONSUMPTION RATES SEEM TO BE HIGHER AND THIS IS THE CONCERN THAT AS >> MIGRANTS SEE THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A PATH TO ASYLUM BY SURRENDERING AT THE WALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORRY IS THAT MORE OF THEM WILL MAKE THAT VERY DANGEROUS CHOICE OF TRYING TO CROSS AROUND. AND THIS TIME OF YEAR ONLY INCREASING THE RISK OF HEAT ILLNESS AND DEATH OVER THE NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ABOVE ONE 10 EVERY DAY IN SOUTHWE
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Channel: ABC15 Arizona
Views: 9,723
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Keywords: abc15, arizona, border, heat, immigration
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Length: 3min 8sec (188 seconds)
Published: Sun Jul 07 2024
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