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Mexico moves to protect illegal immigrants
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2007/01/03
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| Mexicans planning to cross the border into the United States will be issued with satellite tracking devices by their Government to make sure they arrive safely. Government officials in Mexico have approved a plan to issue Mexicans crossing the US border illegally satellite tracking devices to ensure their safe arrival in the United States. Even with a knowledgeable guide called a "coyote" paid to lead the way, it is believed that hundreds of migrants die during the arduous four-day trek across the desert. The tracking device will alert border patrol forces on both sides of the frontier of those who get lost or fall behind. Approximately, 200,000 devices are expected to be assigned this year. Two volunteers for the US-based No More Deaths faced prosecution last year for aiding illegal immigrants they found in need of emergency medical attention in the Arizona desert, though the charges were dismissed in September. The advocacy group works to reduce the number of migrant deaths in the desert and the two workers were arrested while attempting to transport sick migrants to a medical clinic; the workers said they were following a protocol approved by the US Border Patrol when they were arrested which involved checking with a lawyer and a doctor before transporting migrants to medical facilities. |
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