HOMELAND SECURITY Published March 25, 2023 2:05pm EDT
Mayorkas slams 'callous' smugglers' 'profit' motive for latest tragedy at the border
Mayorkas said the agency is 'heartbroken' at the deaths of two migrants in Texas
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
National Border Patrol Council president Brandon Judd says ‘more deaths’ will occur if the U.S. does not get the Southwest border ‘under control’ through policy changes.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday took aim at "callous" smugglers responsible for the deaths of two migrants in a rail car in Texas – accusing the smugglers of only caring about "making a profit."
"We are heartbroken to learn of yet another tragic incident of migrants taking the dangerous journey," the DHS chief said in a statement.
Uvalde Police Department said that approximately 15 people in need of medical attention had been found in the rail car, which had been stopped by Border Patrol two to three miles east of Knippa, Texas, after a 911 call warning of migrants suffocating. Two of those migrants died, five were air-lifted to San Antonio, and five were taken to nearby hospitals.
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