Border Patrol Agents May Have Missed Thousands Of Immigrant Deaths
Stuart AndersonSenior Contributor
May 4, 2022,12:40am EDT
A new government report shows Border Patrol agents significantly undercount immigrant deaths, with the number of people dying likely twice as high as previously reported. The finding provides more evidence that for many years U.S. immigration policy has been ineffective, counterproductive and deadly. Continuing policies that rely on enforcement alone and ignore the need to offer legal visas for those seeking work will result in thousands of more deaths and continued frustration about policies that fail to deter unlawful migration into the United States.
“CBP [Customs and Border Protection] has not collected and recorded, or reported to Congress, complete data on migrant deaths or disclosed limitations with the data it has reported,” according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The report found a critical problem is Border Patrol sectors do not avail themselves of all the resources in their area that would allow for a full accounting of immigrant deaths. The Tucson sector illustrates the scope of the problem.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2022/05/04/border-patrol-agents-have-missed-thousands-of-immigrant-deaths/?sh=7b4a03606ea2
