Migrant deaths in West Texas desert worry officials as temperatures rise, resources dwindle
Immigration
by: Sandra Sanchez
Posted: Jul 19, 2021 / 06:27 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 19, 2021 / 06:27 PM CDT
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A sudden rise in recent migrant deaths in Hudspeth County already has exceeded the total number of people who died from COVID-19 this year in this desolate West Texas border county, the county’s emergency management coordinator told Border Report.
Six migrants have died in Hudspeth County in these harsh elements in the past two weeks, including two deaths on Friday, Hudspeth County Administrator and Emergency Management Coordinator Joanna MacKenzie said Monday.
She said that is more migrant deaths than this county usually have in an entire year. Four people have died of COVID-19 so far this year.
https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/migrant-deaths-in-west-texas-desert-worry-officials-as-temperatures-rise-resources-dwindle/
