Guatemalan sisters are first victims named in Texas semi-truck tragedy

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64% : Additionally, CBP revealed the number of rescues across the southern border to date for 2022 also outpaces the number recorded in 2021.
58% :Border Patrol performed 14,278 'search-and-rescue missions' in a seven-month period through May, exceeding the 12,833 missions performed during the previous 12-month period and up from 5,071 the year before.
57% : U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on pace to record more than 2 million arrests this year as hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking to enter the U.S. travel from South and Central America up through Mexico.
56% : Since October Border Patrol has performed 14,278 'search-and-rescue missions' in a seven-month period through May.
53% :Migrant crossing levels have been on the rise since Biden took office with Border Patrol having tallied a record 1.73 million arrests at the border in 2021.
49% : At least three bodies were found scattered down road, with the furthest one located about 75 yards from the truck, law enforcement sources confirmed to The New York Times.
48% : The number of unique individuals attempted to cross in May was 177,793, and 25 percent of those stopped by agents had attempted to cross at least once before in the prior 12 months, according to CBP.
47% : CBP revealed the number of rescues across the southern border to date for 2022 also outpaces the number recorded in 2021Border agents attribute the higher-than-usual number of repeat crossings in May due to the fact that migrants expelled under Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction currently tied up in court, face no legal repercussions if they try to cross again.
46% : 1 2 3 Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch video Watch videoChristine and Michael Ybarra embrace at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022Several GOP members weighed in, alleging Biden's immigration policies are fueling the crisis at the southern border.
46% : CBP has not published a death tally for 2022.
45% :Border Patrol reported 557 deaths on the southwest border in the 12-month period ending Sept. 30 2021, more than double the 247 deaths reported in the previous year and the highest since it began keeping track in 1998.
41% : Death incidents at the southern border more than doubled last year, compared to the numbers recorded in previous years.
40% : The DHS secretary called the human smugglers 'callous individuals who have no regard for the vulnerable people they exploit and endanger in order to make a profit' and alleged the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was investigating the incident.
36% : How Joe Biden has presided over RECORD levels of migration, deaths and rescues at the southern borderMigrant crossings, rescues and deaths along the southern border have hit record levels under the leadership of President Joe Biden.
34% : Migrants - largely from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador - have been expelled more than 2 million times under a pandemic-era rule in effect since March 2020 that denies them a chance to seek asylum but encourages repeat attempts because there are no legal consequences for getting caught.
30% : CBP has not published a death tally for 2022 but recorded data shows at least 87 migrants have died while trying to come into the U.S.Death incidents at the southern border more than doubled last year, compared to the numbers recorded in previous years
23% : Biden blamed the tragedy on 'human traffickers who have no regard for the lives they endanger and exploit to make a profit.''Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy,' the president said, reiterating he was dedicated to combatting the skyrocketing migration at the southern border.
16% : Abbott has repeatedly crossed swords with Biden over immigration in recent months, as the number of illegal crossings over the southern border into states including his soared to record levels.
11% :Texas Governor Greg Abbott hit out at Biden following the deaths, blaming the deadly incident on his administration's lax approach to border control - a key issue for the upcoming November elections.

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