near the U.S.-Mexico border were among 44 who entered the United States through a 10-foot hole cut into Southern California’s border fence, Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.
The crash occurred about 10 miles north of the border. A Mexican government official said at least 10 of the people who died were Mexican nationals. “Our broken immigration system is a humanitarian, public and economic crisis impacting communities on both sides of the border,” he said. “Tragedies like this place wider public attention on the dark realities of our immigration struggle in the United States and the danger immigrant families face for a chance at a better life.
Police have not released the names of the victims. The ages of those in the SUV range from 15 to 53. No children were killed in the crash, police said. Beltran Mainero said at least one of the six families they located is in San Diego; the remaining families are in Mexico. Four Mexican nationals who sustained minor injuries were released from the hospital in El Centro on Tuesday and were not in the custody of U.S. immigration or border officials, he said.
"You’re going to have extended stopping distances, delayed reactions to steering inputs and potential over-reaction to any type of high-speed lane change," said Borris, who now runs a safety consulting business. The consulate has already contacted the family members of the 23-year-old woman killed in the crash who live in New York and in Guatemala, he said.
He feared a possible increase in similar incidents in the future and said that the consulate in Los Angeles would be paying close attention should California emerge as an alternate migration route to south Texas. That remains the principal crossing point along the U.S.-Mexico border for migrants from Guatemala and Central America, including large numbers of accompanied and unaccompanied minors.
How do you fit that many people into an SUV?
This wouldn’t have happened if Trump was allowed to finish building his wall. Thanks a lot liberals!
seems like a lot of damage for 55
And no one noticed until the accident. Hard to believe. Whom did they bribe? Univision interviewed a few people saying they used the same method to enter.