Immigration | U.S. Border Patrol Strategies Are Cruel and Ineffective

Current U.S. Border Patrol strategies create deadly and torturous situations for migrant workers, Justin Akers argues in the following viewpoint. Operation Gatekeeper and similar approaches to reducing illegal immigration place extra police and Border Patrol agents along commonly traveled migrant corridors; in addition, new fences, canals, sensors, and lights have been installed at traditional crossing routes. To avoid being caught, undocumented migrants have started crossing the border in rugged desert and mountain regions where they risk death from exposure to extreme heat or cold....

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