Border Patrol reports 31 migrant deaths so far this year in California wilderness
California
Rescues spike as some migrants who are returned to Mexico cross multiple times, officials say
by: Salvador Rivera
Posted: Jul 23, 2021 / 07:31 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 23, 2021 / 07:31 PM CDT
OCOTILLO WELLS, Calif. (Border Report) — There’s not much to Ocotillo Wells but a gas station, a few mobile homes and a desert museum that is closed most of the time. The community is wedged between Highways 8 and 98 just as you drop from the mountains into the Imperial Valley desert, about 100 miles east of San Diego.
The surrounding area, especially toward the south, is a majestic landscape where temperatures climb well over 100 degrees on a daily basis during the summer.
In spite of the excessive heat and other dangers, this is where undocumented migrants have been crossing into the United States in record numbers this year.
And this has led to higher than normal rescues.
https://www.borderreport.com/regions/california/border-patrol-reports-31-migrant-deaths-so-far-this-year-in-california-wilderness/
