Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert,...

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65% : CBP rescues by air and land along the U.S. border with Mexico are soaring this year, with 28,537 counted during the 10-month period ending July 31.
56% :The patrol is calling on other agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Transportation Security Administration, for help in getting migrants "out of the elements and into our processing centers as quickly as possible," De La Torre said.
54% : De La Torre said most migrants in the area request asylum, something far from guaranteed with the recent restrictions.
53% : During a recent visit, Associated Press journalists saw close to 100 migrants arrive in just four hours at the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona, inside Organ Pipe, as temperatures hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius).
50% : (AP Photo/Matt York)Retired schoolteacher Tom Wingo of Samaritans Without Borders, right, gives snacks and bottles of waters to a group of migrants claiming to be from India, who just crossed the border wall, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. U.S.-Mexico border.
50% : A young child with his family claiming to be from Guatemala, cools down with a wet bandana and a bottle of water while waiting to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
49% : A family of five claiming to be from Guatemala and a man stating he was from Peru, in pink shirt, walk through the desert after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
49% : A young child and his mother, claiming to be from Guatemala, cools down with a wet bandana and a bottle of water as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
49% : A group of men detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, are processed at a makeshift intake center, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
48% : A group of men detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, drop their backpacks prior to being processed at a makeshift intake center, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
48% : A man claiming to be from India crosses the Roosevelt Easement after crossing through the border fence in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, in an effort to be picked up by Border Patrol, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
46% : The migrants were among hundreds who have been trudging this summer in the scorching sun and through open storm gates in the border wall to U.S. soil, following a remote corridor in the sprawling Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that's among the most desolate and dangerous areas in the Arizona borderlands.
45% : A group claiming to be from India sit in the shade of the border wall as they wait to be picked up by Border Patrol after crossing through the border fence in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz.
45% : There were several heavy downpours in the area this year and CBP said rushing water can damage the gates, wall, border road, and local flora and fauna.
45% : There were several heavy downpours in the area this year and CBP said rushing water can damage the gates, wall, border road, and local flora and fauna.
44% : Temperatures hit 118 degrees Fahrenheit (47.7 degrees Celsius) just as smugglers abruptly began steering migrants from Africa and Asia here to request asylum.

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