Border Crossing Deaths
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) claims that border walls “only serve to push migrants into more remote areas, increasing their chances of death. It is a cruel policy.”
IN FACT, tight border security leads some migrants to take more dangerous paths, but it also deters others from making the trip at all. Though correlation doesn’t prove causation, border crossing deaths are highest under Biden and lowest under Trump:
