The tragedy comes as US border agents encounter a record number of families and children along the southern border.
A 10-month-old boy died and three others are missing after a raft carrying nine migrants capsized Wednesday night on the Rio Grande River along the southern border, authorities said.
A short time later another man and a child were found on the US side of the river bank, but did not require medical assistance, CBP said. The Del Rio Sector’s Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue team were sent to the area and located the body of the 10-month-old boy several miles downriver. Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz called the death of the 10-month-old a senseless tragedy and blamed smugglers for putting people in dangerous situations.
Immigration advocates have long complained about the US practice of"metering" — allowing only a few asylum-seekers to make their case each day — and a Department of Homeland Security inspector general's report found that the practice, forcing hundreds of people to wait weeks just to apply, pushes asylum-seekers to cross into the US illegally, instead of going through official ports of entry.
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