Coverage dated August 31, 2023

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Headline from KOB 4

Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat. In just a month, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector in July became the busiest along the U.S.

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  1. KOB 4

    Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat. In just a month, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector in July became the busiest along the U.S.

  2. Green Field Reporter

    Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents ordered the young Senegalese men to wait in the scant shade of desert scrub brush while they loaded a more vulnerable group of migrants — a family with three young children from India — into a white van for the short trip in trip…

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Smugglers are steering migrants into the hot Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    In just a month, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector in July became the busiest along the U.S. border with Mexico for the first time since 2008.

  4. Fox News

    Smugglers funnel migrants toward remote Arizona desert, despite temperatures reaching 118 degrees (opens Fox News)

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    Smugglers in Mexico are pushing migrants to enter the United States through the remote Arizona desert. This poses a problem for border control agents in the sweltering Arizona heat.

  5. Arizona Capitol Times

    Smugglers steering migrants into remote desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges | Arizona Capitol Times (opens Arizona Capitol Times)

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    Arizona Capitol Times's feed description

    Border Patrol agents ordered the young Senegalese men to wait in the scant shade of desert scrub brush while they loaded a more vulnerable group of migrants — a family with three young children from India — into a white van for the short trip in triple-degree heat to a canopied field intake center.

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