Death on the Border, Chapter 1001: A Path to America, Marked by More and More Bodies
Manny Fernandez of the New York Times reminds us the U.S./Mexico border region has been the site of thousands of deaths as the border has become increasingly fortified. In fact, “More people have died illegally crossing the southwestern border of the United States in the last 16 years than were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina combined. From October 2000 through September 2016, the Border Patrol documented 6,023 deaths in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, while more than 4,800 people died in the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina.”
KJ
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