Border Patrol agents stationed in Falfurrias, Texas are preparing for the potential of more rescue situations as the summer months approach.
Agents are typically busy during the summer months rescuing immigrants who have become lost or dehydrated as they try to circumvent the checkpoint in Falfurrias by walking through heat, humidity, and hundreds of miles of ranch land.
“At certain times of the year, this obviously is the priority because of the number of deaths that are happening right here,” said Doyle Amidon, the patrol agent in charge of the Falfurrias station.
This time last year, 27 people died near Falfurrias, according to numbers provided by Amidon. So far this year, 31 people have died.
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