Border Patrol is Caging Migrants Outdoors in Deadly Arizona Heatwave

The heat wave in Arizona has been in the headlines all week.  Ryan Devereaux for the Intercept reports that, despite the record heat, the U.S. Border Patrol continues to hold migrants in an outdoor pen in the Arizona desert.  Check out photos taken by The Intercept at the link.

Here is the gist:

“On Thursday afternoon, The Intercept observed roughly 50 migrants confined in a chain-link pen at the Ajo Border Patrol station, a highly remote outpost two hours west of Tucson. From a ridge overlooking the Border Patrol’s facility, the migrants could be seen gathered under a carport-like structure, crowding themselves into a single, narrow strip of shade to escape the desert sun. The only furniture available was a short stack of metal bleachers baking in the extreme heat.”

KJ