Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is defending its handling of a surge of migrants in a remote part of Arizona, amid accusations of inhumane treatment from activist groups.
in Arizona, facing what officials say is an unusually large number of migrants crossing into a desolate part of the border, are being forced to keep some migrants outdoors in fenced-off areas in the latest sign of fluctuating migration patterns at the border.
"The U.S. 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 area of the southwest border – where individuals have been callously sent by smuggling organizations to walk for miles, often with little or no water," a spokesperson said.
But CBP is pushing back against accusations of mistreatment and says it is the smugglers who have dumped these migrants in the middle of a desert. CBP says it's working to transport illegal migrants as quickly as possible to where they can receive care.Officials have stressed that the area sees some of the hottest temperatures in the state – ground temperatures sometimes exceed 150 degrees and the region has little infrastructure, shelter or water.
Immigrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border from Mexico on December 30, 2022, in Yuma, Arizona.
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