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Border officials alarmed by migrants abandoned in the desert

Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of mostly Guatemalan adult and child migrants near Arizona's boundary with Mexico, alarming Border Patrol officials who say the trend puts hundreds of children and adults at risk

AP Reported by: AP Published on: October 11, 2018 19:30 IST
Border officials alarmed by migrants abandoned in the desert
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PHOENIX (AP) — Smugglers in recent weeks have been abandoning large groups of Guatemalan and other Central American migrants in Arizona's harsh Sonoran Desert near the border with Mexico — a trend Border Patrol officials say puts hundreds of children at risk.

Collectively, more than 1,400 migrants have been left by smugglers in the broiling desert — or in one case in a drenching thunderstorm — in remote areas since Aug. 20. There were 275 people in one group.

U.S. Immigration and Control Enforcement in Arizona began releasing hundreds of people Sunday to await court dates, saying it didn't have the capacity to hold an "incredibly high volume" of migrant families showing up at the border.

Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona asked officials Wednesday to investigate the situation.

Disclaimer: This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Associated Press (AP) wire.
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