Setting aside the fact that Huffington Post is using the vocabulary of the anti-immigration crowd, this article has some good quotes and insights. While the number of undocumented border crossings is down, the percentage of deaths per apprehension has risen.

“We never thought that we’d be in the business of helping to identify remains like in a war zone, and here we are,” said Isabel Garcia, co-chair and founder of the Tucson-based Coalición de Derechos Humanos.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/border-crossing-deaths-illegal-immigration_n_1783912.html