POSTED: US-Mexico Border Is World's Deadliest Land Route For Migrants, Report Shows

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "These alarming figures are a stark reminder of the need for decisive action by States," Michele Klein Solomon, IOM Regional Director for Regional Director for Central and North America and the Caribbean, said in a statement Tuesday.
42% : The U.S.-Mexico border is the deadliest land route for migrants worldwide, according to a United Nations International Organization Of Migration (IOM) report released Tuesday.
41% : That year also saw the highest level of illegal immigration across the southern border, when federal authorities recorded roughly 2.2 million encounters, according to the Congressional Research Service.
32% : "Illegal immigration continues to surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, where federal authorities recorded more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants who crossed illegally between October 2022 and July, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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