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December 22, 2020

Congress Expands Program to Identify Remains of Asylum Seekers Who Died Crossing Border
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Congress has approved a bipartisan bill that would expand critical
funding to help identify human remains of asylum seekers and migrants
who've died in remote areas of the border while crossing into the U.S.
The legislation also asks for additional 911 rescue beacons to be
deployed in border regions where people often go missing. Thousands of
human remains have been found across the U.S.-Mexico border since the
U.S. government began enforcing its immigration "prevention through
deterrence" policy. The practice pushed asylum seekers and migrants to
cross through remote and deadly routes.


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