Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Courtney Riggle-van Schagen, Author at Baltimore Independent

Author: SHANNON NAJMABADI

More migrants are dying along the US-Mexico border, but it’s hard to say how big the problem actually is

At least 650 migrants died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021, according to the International Organization for Migration, a United Nations agency that monitors migration. The figure marks an all-time annual high since the U.S. government began reporting U.S.-Mexico border deaths in 1998. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which estimates migrant deaths over a slightly different time […]