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Border & Growth · From the wire

Fewer migrants are crossing the Mexico-Arizona border, but the migrant death toll remains high

PHOENIX – Migrant encounters along Arizona’s border have plummeted, but deaths in the Sonoran Desert persist as humanitarian workers blame enforcement policies for pushing migrants to dangerous terrain.

Published by Cronkite News

October 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM MST

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