Perry warns of a 'trail of tears' for migrants

LA Times:

With young immigrants slipping into the U.S. under the mistaken impression they will be allowed to stay, Texas Gov. Rick Perry warned Monday of a deadly "trail of tears" in the unforgiving Rio Grande Valley if the federal government doesn't act.

More than 52,000 unaccompanied youths have been caught along the Southwest border this fiscal year, almost double last year's total. The influx is fueled by danger at home, experts say, and by false rumors that minors and women with young children will be welcomed.

"The governor's right: It's going to be a really bad year," said Lori Baker, an associate professor of forensic anthropology at Baylor University who has been excavating and identifying migrant remains in Texas for years, most recently this month.

"There are just so, so many people crossing," she said. "We're not going to find a lot of the remains."

Unlike earlier generations of immigrants who came prepared to cross harsh desert terrain, many today make the journey casually dressed, planning to turn themselves in for what they expect to be sanctuary. That attitude can prove fatal.

In rural Brooks County, population 7,200, the sheriff's office has only four deputies and about 15 reserves, and no medical examiner. The county recovered 87 bodies last year and 129 the year before, Chief Deputy Sheriff Urbino Martinez said, and 33 so far this year.

"If we find one body, we're probably missing 10," he said. "That's how many bodies I think are out there that haven't been discovered."

The brush is still high and green. When it dries and thins, the bones appear.

What does he see ahead this summer? "More death."
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There is much more.

This is information the people who are unconcerned about the migration need to reevaluate their misplaced compassion for illegal immigration.  Liberals who encourage this deadly behavior need to rethink their position on illegal immigration and their open borders policy.

It should be noted that we immediately return all Mexican illegals and that has led to fewer attempts by Mexicans to cross illegally.  You would think they would try the same thing for the "other than Mexican" illegals causght, rather than putting hem in stash houses and hiring lawyers for them.