![]() After giving them water and food, and storing additional supplies in coolers he has assembled, Quiroz tells migrants they should wait for Border Patrol to pick them up, so they can be processed and start the years-long asylum process.Ĭontinuing to cross the desert alone, with little or no water, could be a fatal decision, he warns them. Quiroz often reaches migrants before Border Patrol agents do. "A bottle of water, a snack, something to let them fight for another day, it's something that I'm blessed to be able to do," said Quiroz, who created the AZ-CA Humanitarian Coalition, a volunteer group. Water can be life-saving in these scorching temperatures, said Fernando Quiroz, who distributes water bottles, bananas and granola bars every morning in the busiest crossing sites near Yuma. there, mostly in the middle of the night, when temperatures dip below 90 degrees.īut even then, the heat can be dangerous and in some cases deadly, especially for children and the elderly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But large groups of migrant families from all corners of the globe - from China, Senegal and Mauritania, to Colombia and Venezuela - continue crossing into the U.S. In Yuma, the other Border Patrol sector in Arizona, migrant crossings have not returned to the record levels seen last year. ![]() "People perish seeking the American dream" Families and adults from China, Colombia, Senegal and other countries wait to be transported by Border Patrol near Yuma, Arizona, after crossing into the U.S. "The Border Patrol has surged personnel and transportation resources to respond to the increase in encounters in the area - some of the hottest, most isolated, and dangerous areas of the southwest border - where individuals have been callously sent by smuggling organizations to walk for miles, often with little or no water," the agency told CBS News. ![]() It said there have not been any "major medical emergencies" or deaths related to the heat thus far near Ajo. ![]() But CBP stressed it was working to expedite the transfer of migrants away from the desert and ensure they can receive water, food and medical screenings. ![]()
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